As part of the American Job Centers network, the IowaWORKS office in Des Moines serves job seekers and businesses with a number of workforce needs. In-person and virtual services are available. …

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Registered apprenticeships are the gold standard of job training programs. They provide workers with life-changing skills and a pathway to good jobs that support families and lift communities. Bargaining …

Iowa Job Openings and Labor Turnover — August 2025 Iowa had 73,000 job openings in August 2025, compared to 74,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Sep 6, 2011 · : the services performed by workers for wages as distinguished from those rendered by entrepreneurs for profits. Industry needs labor for production. The institute … lacks the ready supply …

LABOR definition: productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. See examples of labor used in a sentence.

The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws to guarantee workers' rights to fair, safe, and healthy working conditions, including minimum hourly wage and overtime pay, protection against …

Dec 16, 2025 · Hiring cooled this fall, according to delayed figures released by the Labor Department Tuesday. Employers added 64,000 jobs in November as the unemployment rate rose to 4.6%.

We are seeking motivated and dependable Production Laborers to join our Des Moines, Iowa team. As a Production Laborer at Manko, you will be an integral part of our manufacturing process, contributing …

Labor is a series of continuous, progressive contractions of the uterus that help the cervix dilate (open) and efface (thin). This allows the fetus to move through the birth canal. Labor usually starts two …