Dozens of Iowa school boards have rushed to approve contracts with teachers, to avoid the new state law on collective bargaining that took effect Friday. Tammy Wawro is president of the Iowa State Education Association, the state teacher’s union.
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Danny Homan is president of AFSCME Council 61, the union that represents 40-thousand state workers.
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The Iowa House and Senate approved legislation that reduced collective bargaining rights for public workers last Thursday, and Governor Terry Branstad signed the bill into law Friday.