Greg Wicklund News Today

Members and supporters of Iowa City unions gathered in City Park Monday to celebrate recent wins for organized labor — including the formation of two new unions — at the Iowa City Federation of Labor’s annual Labor Day picnic.

Unionized stagehands and theater staff at the Englert Theater in Iowa City signed an agreement with theater management to resolve a wage dispute on Aug. 18. It is the first dispute since employees unionized in fall 2022.  A contract for unionized employees went into effect on June 1, and the first contract dispute was on...