The Iowa Works Campaign is a non-partisan coalition of diverse organizations seeking consensus solutions to Iowa's economic challenges that benefit workers, businesses and communities alike. The endorsers of Meeting Iowa's Workforce Challenge united in the belief that Iowa needs an educated and skilled workforce in order to ensure its economic success and provide a broadly shared prosperity, and developed a 4-Point Plan as a means to achieve that goal. In collaboration with local partners, National Skills Coalition field staff helped lead the initial organizing and platform development of the Iowa Works campaign.

Key Partners

Endorsing Organizations:

Major Efforts

Submitted Issue Brief to Governor Branstead’s transition team outlining how the state could better use its adult education funding to put more adult on the road towards earning a postsecondary credential.

Developed a legistative agenda to educate the Governor and state policymakers on the state's workforce needs.

Publications and Resources

Reports:

Issue Brief: GED and ABE Programs Prepare Iowans for Higher Paying Careers
Association of Iowa Workforce Partners, 2011

Meeting Iowa's Workforce Challenges: A Call To Action for Iowa's New Governor and General Assembly
Iowa Works Campaign, Summer 2006

Report | Executive Summary

Polls:

Poll of Iowa Voters
National Skills Coalition, March 2006

Policy Agenda:

Iowa Works Legislative Agenda, 2007

Media List

• Broader vision needed for critical 'middle' jobs | Des Moines Register, 1.07.2008
• The issue: The people drought | Des Moines Register, 10.25.2006
• Where's the debate on worker shortage? | Des Moines Register, 9.19.2006
• State skilled workers shortage real, labor says | The Waterloo Courier, 9.15.2006
• Coalition to push state to get aggressive in finding workers | Mason City Globe Gazette, 9.15.2006
• Coalition urges political action to improve work force | WHOtv.com, 9.15.2006