Legal Opinion
AFSCME Iowa Council 61 v. State of Iowa and Iowa Public Employment Relations Board
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 17, 2019No. 17-1841PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
This appeal, submitted with Iowa State Education Ass'n v. State , 928 N.W.2d 11 (Iowa 2019), also filed today, presents constitutional challenges to the 2017 amendments to the Public Employment Relations Act, Iowa Code chapter 20. The amendments ended payroll deductions for union dues and narrowed the scope of mandatory collective bargaining topics for bargaining units comprised of less than thirty percent "public safety employees," defined to include most police officers and firefighters. The new classifications result in many public employees losing significant statutory…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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