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Comparative Constitutional Law Keyed to Sutton, 5th Ed.
AFSCME Iowa Council 61 v. State
Citation:
928 N.W.2d 21 (2019)Facts
Prior to 2017, Iowa’s Public Employment Relations Act (PERA) required public employers to bargain in good faith with employee unions on numerous topics including wages, hours, insurance, holidays, and working conditions. In February 2017, the Iowa legislature enacted House File 291, which created a two-tiered system of collective bargaining rights. Bargaining units comprised of at least thirty percent “public safety employees” retained broad bargaining rights over seventeen specified subjects. However, bargaining units with less than thirty percent public safety employees could only bargain over base wages and other mutually agreed-upon matters. The statute defined public safety employees to include most police officers and firefighters but excluded university police, corrections officers, airport firefighters, and emergency medical service providers. All AFSCME bargaining units fell below the thirty percent threshold, resulting in significantly reduced bargaining rights for all AFSCME members, including some who were classified as public safety employees.
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