Bodecker v. Local Union No. P-46

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellants brought suit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief, and damages under 29 U.S.C. § 185. The plaintiffs’ principal claim is that the defendants acted in violation of the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law, Iowa Code § 91A.5(1), by amending the collective bargaining agreement to establish stock acquisition and profit-sharing plans funded by payroll deferrals. The district court1 found in favor of the defendants holding that the Iowa statute was not applicable and, even if it was, it was pre-empted by the federal statutory scheme covering labor…