The chief negotiator of the state of Iowa negotiates collective agreements with three union groups. Click on the links below to see the current contracts with each of these groups. The state`s collective bargaining team is expected to make its opening offer this month, before moving on to closed-door talks aimed at reaching a pact by March 15 to avoid binding conciliation. State Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison, retained approval of the legislation in the House of Representatives in 2017. He said he was “happy” with the Supreme Court`s rulings on the bill and other collective bargaining. “While line drawing can never be clean and can represent a multitude of obstacles, this case is not even close to a fair delimitation,” Cady wrote. He referred to the Wisconsin law, which limits negotiations for public employees, as a more well-founded distinction: a group of public safety employees, a group of other public employees. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday 4-3 that the overhaul of the state`s collective law in 2017 – which stipulated that government authorities were not obligated to negotiate with certain public labor unions on any subject other than basic wages – is constitutionally sound. Since the change in the labour dispute regime in 2017, Iowa public service employees must vote on their union every October before their contracts expire. Last month, workers voted overwhelmingly in favour – for the fourth year in a row.
“Over the next few months, we will present new efforts to engage public service employees in a way that the state of Iowa has never seen,” he said. “We will show our strength through collective action and we will continue to demand dignity and respect in the workplace.” Homan met Monday with state negotiators to begin contract negotiations to secure a new two-year employment contract starting July 1. IMPORTANT: All employees of the rate unit must vote, otherwise the state will automatically count you as a no vote. Many aspects of Merit`s staff employment remain unchanged after the revision of the Iowa Collective Agreements Act. Some practices change with effect on July 1, 2017, while others may evolve according to operational needs and good practices: the head of AFSCME submitted a contract proposal that he said was based on a 2015-17 contract that existed before the Iowa Legislature significantly overhauled state legislation on collective agreements.