House Amendment 8182 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, H=8164, to House File 2645 as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 2, by inserting before line 49 the 1 4 following: 1 5 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 20.9A EMPLOYEE 1 6 ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP == PENALTY. 1 7 1. It is declared to be the policy of the state of 1 8 Iowa that no person within its boundaries shall be 1 9 deprived of the right to work at the person's chosen 1 10 occupation for any public employer because of 1 11 membership in, affiliation with, withdrawal or 1 12 expulsion from, or refusal to join, any employee 1 13 organization, and any collective bargaining agreement 1 14 which contravenes this policy is illegal and void. 1 15 2. It shall be unlawful for any public employer to 1 16 refuse or deny employment to any person because of 1 17 membership in, or affiliation with, or resignation or 1 18 withdrawal from, an employee organization, or because 1 19 of refusal to join or affiliate with an employee 1 20 organization. 1 21 3. It shall be unlawful for any public employer or 1 22 employee organization to enter into any understanding, 1 23 contract, or agreement, whether written or oral, to 1 24 exclude from employment members of an employee 1 25 organization, or persons who do not belong to, or who 1 26 refuse to join, an employee organization, or because 1 27 of resignation or withdrawal therefrom. 1 28 4. It shall be unlawful for any public employer or 1 29 employee organization, either directly or indirectly, 1 30 or in any manner or by any means as a prerequisite to 1 31 or a condition of employment to require any person to 1 32 pay dues, charges, fees, contributions, fines or 1 33 assessments to any employee organization. 1 34 5. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter 1 35 to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any public 1 36 employer or employee organization to deduct employee 1 37 organization dues, charges, fees, contributions, fines 1 38 or assessments from a public employee's earnings, 1 39 wages or compensation, unless the public employer has 1 40 first been presented with an individual written order 1 41 therefor signed by the public employee, which written 1 42 order shall be terminable at any time by the public 1 43 employee giving at least thirty days' written notice 1 44 of such termination to the public employer. 1 45 6. Any public employer or employee organization, 1 46 or any director, officer, representative, agent, or 1 47 member thereof, who shall violate any of the 1 48 provisions of this section or who shall aid and abet 1 49 in such violation shall be guilty of a serious 1 50 misdemeanor. 2 1 7. Additional to the penal provisions of this 2 2 section, any public employer or employee organization, 2 3 or any officer, representative, agent or member 2 4 thereof, may be restrained by injunction from doing or 2 5 continuing to do any of the matters and things 2 6 prohibited by this section, and all of the provisions 2 7 of the law relating to the granting of restraining 2 8 orders and injunctions, either temporary or permanent, 2 9 shall be applicable.> 2 10 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 RANTS of Woodbury 2 15 HF 2645.714 82 2 16 ec/rj/20816 -1-