Charles City Community School District v. Public Employment Relations Board

McGIYERIN, Justice.

In this appeal we must decide whether two contract proposals made by a public employee organization in collective bargaining negotiations with a public employer are mandatory subjects for bargaining under § 20.9 of the Public Employment Relations Act (PERA), Chapter 20, The Code, 1977. The trial court ruled they were not mandatory subjects. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Petitioner Charles City Community School District, a public employer within the meaning of § 20.3(1), has been engaged in collective bargaining with an “employee organization” within the meaning of §…