Monks, Iowa – (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) – Nate Willems, a former Mount Vernon Democratic legislator, announced on Wednesday that he presented himself for the Attorney General and that workers’ rights were corporate crimes his priorities rather than targeting political opinions.
In an interview with Gray Media Iowa, Willems stressed that workers needed a defender of the prosecutor general. “Focus on the protection of ordinary iowans, not getting involved in Washington’s policy and political proceedings,” said Willems.
Attorney General Brenna Bird, a Republican, prioritized the continuation of former Democratic president Joe Biden when he was in office and supported President Donald Trump, a Republican, since his return.
Willems, a labor lawyer and associated with a law firm from Cedar Rapids, said: “I want to protect the iowans against violent crimes, protect the iowans against corporate crimes.”
He said he had recovered tens of millions of wages, salary and benefits lost and believes that the Attorney General should do more to ensure that Iowa workers get what they have won at work.
“What I do in my law is playing” Whack-a-Mole “,” said Willems about his efforts to recover the wages of forced employees to have overtime unpaid, working time or stealing their tips.
“There are $ 900 million per year stolen from Iowans payroll checks.”
Three years ago, Willems was part of a collective appeal agreement of $ 15 million for thousands of hospital workers and the Iowa University clinics because they have not received remuneration and benefits in accordance with laws.
Bird, who purges his first mandate as a Attorney General, has not yet announced his re -election plans and has planned a race for the governor.
About the author: Dave Price, from the Midwest, is the political director of the Iowa of Gray Television for nine stations that broadcast in the state and has covered the local, state and national policy of Iowa since 2001.
Dave produces and hosts “inside Iowa Politics”, a weekly and in -depth program focused on interviews with the main leaders on politics, questions, challenges and solutions that have an impact on the state.
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