The 1915 song “Solidarity Forever” is a cry for unity.
“It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade…Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made,” reads a verse in the song.
More than a hundred years later, the lyrics strike a similar chord for local Iowa unions, who sang Monday, June 15, before addressing the Iowa Board of Regents in Iowa City. The unions rallied against staffing crises affecting student workers, staff, and healthcare workers, while also airing concerns about wages and the Center for Intellectual Freedom…