Clinton Police Department Bargaining Unit v. Iowa Public Employment Relations Board

WOLLE, Justice.

Here the question is whether a union’s collective bargaining proposal constituted a mandatory or a permissive subject of bargaining within the meaning of sections 20.7 and 20.9 of the Iowa Public Employment Relations Act, Iowa Code chapter 20 (1985). The Public Employment Relations Board (PER Board) decided the proposal was a permissive, not a mandatory, subject of bargaining and the district court on judicial review agreed. We affirm.

In the fall of 1984 the petitioner Clinton Police Department Bargaining Unit (union) and the intervenor City of Clinton (city) commenced…