CITY OF FORT DODGE v. IOWA P.E.R.B.

No. 61709.

275 N.W.2d 393 (1979)

CITY OF FORT DODGE, Iowa, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee, v. IOWA PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, Appellant, and Local 6-502, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Marie A. Condon, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Hugh J. Perry, Public Employment Relations Bd., for appellant.

Maurice C. Breen, City Atty., Fort Dodge, for appellee.

William F. Sueppel, of Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, Iowa City, for amicus curiae League of Iowa Municipalities.

Charles E. Gribble, of Dreher, Wilson, Adams & Jensen, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa State Ed. Ass'n.

Considered by REES, P. J., and McCORMICK, ALLBEE, McGIVERIN and LARSON, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

This sole issue to be decided in this appeal is whether clothing, or a clothing allowance, is a mandatory subject of bargaining under Iowa Public Employment Relations Act, chapter 20 of The Code. Local 6-502 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, is "the employee organization" representing the employees of the City of Fort Dodge.

The City had been requested to furnish items of work clothing (or as the PER Board...

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