Pete

union organizer, electrician, dad, husband, @iowaaflcio, @ibew704, my opinions on here are my own, #jointheunion

[Pete @hirdpete]

@MattBruenig @TrevorGriffey Thanks! I keep a close eye on Iowa since I live here but I can use the text-search or standard site for that.

[Pete @hirdpete]

@MattBruenig Very cool. Any chance we could get a state location option for searches?

[Pete @hirdpete]

@AustinFrerick Worse than I thought

[Pete @hirdpete]

@IAStartingLine @Rushthewriter Congratulations! You're a great educator and we were lucky to have your reporting.

[Pete @hirdpete]

@_bilaire @UnionTracy Iowa considered a bill last year to literally build camps for homeless and make the organization responsible immune from liability.
https://t.co/MmO00KjHmV

[ISP-Trooper DeVault @TrooperDeVault]

6 fatal crashes on Iowa roads last week!! 5 out of 6 fatalities were NOT wearing a seatbelt…..why?…. It takes less than 5 seconds to buckle it! And…. Over 77% of the time a person is ejected from a vehicle they DIE….it matters and so do you, BUCKLE UP! Please!!!

[Pete @hirdpete]

@Rushthewriter

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The brother of Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, one of the construction workers presumed dead in the Baltimore bridge collapse, tells CBS News' @camiloreports that they saw each other Sunday for lunch and hugged when they said goodbye. "We didn't know it would be the last time."

[Kyle Ocker @Kyle_Ocker]

Make sure your phones are charged. Starting to see some power outages pop up on the map. Who knows how long it may be out for with conditions ...

[Pete @hirdpete]

@IowaWBB Pretty unfortunate the most exciting team in the country is behind a $30-$150 paywall. I hope the big 10 can figure a way for people to watch college sports without several subscriptions and make sure the goofy apps are avail on brand name tvs. It's getting out of hand.

[Pete @hirdpete]

@keithmurphy My only question. Am I going to need like 6 different streaming services to watch the games?

[Pete @hirdpete]

@jperp88 Def not a fiber bar but life on the road is hard I suppose...

[Pete @hirdpete]

@jperp88 A slice of pizza and a tall boy would be the other only option. 😆

[Pete @hirdpete]

@ChildLaborCLC @GrainSafety I've worked on farms and entered full grain bins. They should all have some kind of an emergency dump button that pops bottom panels off or pulls them up in an emergency to release the grain and access in the inside.

[Pete @hirdpete]

@jperp88 Such a terrible idea. Sexual harassment, peer pressure to serve,liability... what if they someone they serve dies, do they get ptsd treatment from the employer? Can the kids work at hooters? All the risk and there are limitless jobs open, why put kids in more dangerous situations

[Pete @hirdpete]

@IowaCapDispatch @jaywaagmeester The change that allows 14 and 15 yr olds working till 9pm during the school year... against federal law.
Vang said. “So now they can work a little bit later ’til 9 rather than 7 p.m., that might give them more opportunities to get more hours.”

[Pete @hirdpete]

🔥 📣 This message applies for all workers. The only opposition to CEOs and corporate greed is worker solidarity.

[Renee Montgomery @ReneeMontgomery]

Ether by SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher

[Pete @hirdpete]

@Rushthewriter M:I2 was my first... and only soundtrack I've bought 🫣

[Inequality Media Civic Action @imcivicaction]

Iowa is the latest state to roll back its child labor laws, allowing kids as young as 15 to work in meat coolers and on assembly lines.

It's part of a coordinated red state effort to boost corporate profits by exploiting the vulnerable.

[Matt Margolis @ItsMattsLaw]

student loan borrowers waiting to see if the supreme court will ruin their life today