Collective bargaining debate
Friday, March 21st, 2008 2:24 pm(3:25 p.m.) Here’s the latest in the fast-moving debate over a bill in the Iowa Legislature that would expand the powers of public unions at the bargaining table. The bill has Republicans in a snit, while Democrats say it’s just a simple updating of old law that will level the playing field.
The ad is sponsored by the Iowa Future Fund, whose spokesman is a Republican consultant in the state.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
ASbsolute BS and you know it. “Open scope” bargaining doesn’t mandate that either side give in on any bargaining issue; it merely expands the list of issues that either side
can raise during contract negotiations. The intention is to try to minimize the amount of “horse-trading” that goes into preliminary contract bargaining and to level the playing field for everyone involved. This is what private sector bargaining already allows, and similar to what public sector negotiators in 34 other states already have. It’s an overdue updating of a law that has served Iowa well for three decades and which continues to prohibit public employees from going on strike.”
But don’t let this group confuse us with the facts.