AFSCME v. IOWA PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

No. 13-1158.

846 N.W.2d 873 (2014)

AFSCME IOWA COUNCIL 61, Appellant, and State of Iowa, Department of Administrative Services, Appellee, v. IOWA PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. Hedberg of Hedberg & Boulton, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Matthew T. Oetker , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee State of Iowa, Department of Administrative Services.

Ann M. Smisek , Des Moines, for appellee Iowa Public Employment Relations Board.


WATERMAN, Justice.

The fighting issue in this appeal is whether a collective bargaining proposal addressing outsourcing of work performed by public employees is a "procedure[ ] for staff reduction" and therefore a mandatory subject of bargaining pursuant to Iowa Code section 20.9 of the Public Employment Relations Act (PERA), Iowa Code chapter 20. See Iowa Code § 20.9 (2013). The Iowa Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) determined that the State of...

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