UI Labor Center: 'This is not by any stretch over' - Vanessa Miller, the Gazette

Pitched by the University of Iowa as an unavoidable consequence of budget constraints and funding cuts, the looming closure of its 67-year-old Labor Center came across far more political than economic Thursday during an evening public hearing. “When something feels like it’s politically motivated, usually it’s politically motivated,” Hawkeye Area Labor Council Executive Director Rick Moyle told a crowd of more than 80. “Given the environment in Iowa right now, you probably shouldn’t be shocked. But, given what the Labor Center has done over the course of its 67 years, it is shocking that even they can pull this.” https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/labor-center-advocates-university-of-iowa-fight-board-of-regents-public-hearing-politically-motivated-hawkeye-area-labor-20180816