Proclamation
We have drafted a sample proclamation for you to submit to city, county, and state governments.
Encourage them to issue a proclamation recognizing September as Labor Union Appreciation Month!
If you would like assistance with this, please contact info@progressiowa.org.
Spread the Word
Articles to Share
Approval of labor unions nears record high: Gallup
Labor unions push back against latest Iowa DOGE recommendations
The Trump Administration Ended Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Workers
How unions help race and gender wage gaps
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever
sample posts to Share
Click to Share: Unions have fought for workers’ rights since the beginning. It’s time we fight for them! Visit thankaunion.com to learn more! #ThankAUnion
Click to Share: Iowans deserve leaders who fight for workers’ rights! Instead, our state keeps gutting benefits and giving tax breaks to corporations… It’s time for lawmakers to put us over billionaires. Full stop. #ThankAUnion
Click to Share: This Iowan believes that if our legislature can afford corporate tax cuts, they can support public workers! Join me and tell our lawmakers: Hands Off IPERS! #ThankAUnion
Click to Share: Between right-to-work laws and gutted collective bargaining rights, unions are facing more attacks than ever. That’s why we must stand for them! #ThankAUnion
Click to Share: Republicans want to privatize Iowa – Medicaid, vouchers and now IPERS and corrections health care. Public workers do it better and are accountable to their communities! Stop selling off Iowa jobs, stand with public workers. #ThankAUnion.
Click to Share: Reminder: Trump just took collective bargaining rights from 80 percent of federal workers. That’s why we must stand on the right side of history, stand against union-busting and shout our support for workers’ rights from the rooftops! #ThankAUnion
AFSCME Council 61
AFSCME Area Local 3011
AFSCME Local 231
AFSCME Local 2656
AFSCME Local 3009
Common Good Iowa
Corridor Community Action Network
Fairness for Iowa
Focus on Rural America
Hawkeye Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Health Care for America Now Iowa
Hedberg & Boulton, P.C.
Indivisible Iowa
Interfaith Alliance of Iowa
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1634
Iowa Alliance of Retired Americans
Iowa Citizen Action Network
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Iowa Democratic Party
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Iowa Main Streets and Country Roads
Iowa Postal Workers Union
Iowa Safe Schools
Iowa State Education Association
Lower Drug Prices Now Iowa
One Iowa
One Voice Message & Media
Patty Judge, Former IA Lt. Governor and Cofounder of Focus on Rural America
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa
Progress Iowa
RAYGUN
Rep. Jerome Amos Jr.
Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert
Rep. Eric J. Gjerde
Rep. David Jacoby
Rep. Jennifer Konfrst
Rep. Bob Kressig
Rep. Mary Lee Madison
Rod Sullivan, Johnson County Supervisor
Rush & Nicholson
SEIU Local 199
Sen. Liz Bennett
Sen. Tony Bisignano
Sen. Matt Blake
Sen. Claire Celsi
Sen. Molly Donahue
Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr.
Senator-elect Catelin Drey
Sen. Izaah Knox
Sen. Janet Petersen
Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach
Sen. Art Staed
Sen. Thomas Townsend
Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott
Sen. Zach Wahls
Sen. Janice Weiner
Sen. Cindy Winckler
Sen. Mike Zimmer
Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 263
South Central Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
UAW Iowa State CAP Council
UFCW Local 431