HF 2074: Requiring negotiation regarding membership dues deductions for employee organizations in public employee collective bargaining, providing related procedures, and including effective date and applicability provisions

What it does

This bill provides that the scope of negotiations for collective bargaining between public employers and public employees shall include terms authorizing dues checkoff for employees who are members of employee organizations. The bill strikes a prohibition on public employers authorizing or administering a deduction from the salaries or wages of its employees for membership dues to an employee organization. The bill provides procedures for administering such dues deductions. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Professional Fire Fighters; Iowa State Education Association; State Police Officers Council

In plain words

1. January 22, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Labor committee