Should Iowa Amend the Right-to-Work Law; the Plan Simply Reinforces the Principle of Majority Rule
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › March 07, 2007
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This Iowa legislative session, lawmakers may vote on a fair- share proposal, which addresses the issue of public- and private- sector employees who are not union members paying for representation services in workplaces covered by union contracts.
Union members pay dues to cover the costs associated with securing and maintaining collectively bargained contracts with employers. As a so-called "right-to-work" state, however, Iowa law prohibits unions from negotiating a fair-share fees clause for nonmembers in unionized workplaces.See the full content of this document
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Should Iowa Amend the Right-to-Work Law; the Plan Simply Reinforces the Principle of Majority Rule
Therefore, nonmembers covered by a contract pay nothing for the services of the union and the benefits of the contract.
The case for fair-share fees comes from two underlying collective bargaining concepts, exclusive representat...See the full content of this document
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