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Thursday, February 14, 2013  The former Lee County maintenance director who won his whistle-blower lawsuit wants his job back, too.

Monday, July 25, 2011  After 10 months of having members of local 48G locked out by Roquette America, Keokuk mayor Tom Marion says it's good to get the workers back on the job.

Saturday, March 26, 2011  Roquette's locked out union members held a labor rally asking for the Wisconsin protestors to join their fight Saturday.  This marks the third time the group's rallied during the six months it's been locked out.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010  A House committee has approved a measure setting the wage paid to workers on some public projects, but cities, counties and schools could opt out of the effort.

Wednesday, September 09, 2009  Chipotle Mexican Grill agrees to wage hike for Florida tomato supplier's workers

Friday, August 07, 2009  Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 percent, its first decline in 15 months.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007  Waiters and waitresses pay will rise under Gov. Blunt's directive on minimum wage