State Sen. Nate Boulton, D-Des Moines, represents District 16. He serves on the Labor and Business Relations Committee, as well as the Local Government and National Resources and Environment committees. He also serves on the Transportation, Infrastructure and Capital Improvements budget subcommittee. Outside the Legislature, he is a partner with Hedberg & Boulton, where he practices in workers compensation, personal injury and labor law.
More than 100 years ago, Upton Sinclair chronicled the misery and abuse of American workers in the meatpacking industry. In “The Jungle,” he described the packing plants as “centers of contagion, poisoning the lives of all of us.” Today, we are witnessing a new chapter in the life and deaths of meatpacking workers and other […]
