House File 2101
HOUSE FILE
BY DIX
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to right to work provisions involving a condition
2 of employment or continuation of employment.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 731.1, Code 2003, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 731.1 RIGHT TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN UNION.
1 4 It is declared to be the policy of the state of Iowa that
1 5 no person within its boundaries shall be deprived, as a
1 6 condition of employment or continuation of employment, of the
1 7 right to work at the person's chosen occupation for any
1 8 employer because of membership in, affiliation with,
1 9 withdrawal or expulsion from, or refusal to join, any labor
1 10 union, organization, or association, and any contract which
1 11 contravenes this policy is illegal and void.
1 12 Sec. 2. Section 731.2, Code 2003, is amended to read as
1 13 follows:
1 14 731.2 REFUSAL TO EMPLOY PROHIBITED.
1 15 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, or
1 16 corporation to refuse or deny employment to any person because
1 17 of membership in, or affiliation with, or resignation or
1 18 withdrawal from, a labor union, organization, or association,
1 19 or because of refusal to join or affiliate with a labor union,
1 20 organization, or association. It shall be unlawful for any
1 21 person, firm, association, or corporation to condition
1 22 employment or continuation of employment on membership in or
1 23 joining or affiliating with a labor union, organization, or
1 24 association, or on remaining a member of or continuing an
1 25 affiliation with a labor union, organization, or association.
1 26 Sec. 3. Section 731.3, Code 2003, is amended to read as
1 27 follows:
1 28 731.3 CONTRACTS TO EXCLUDE UNLAWFUL.
1 29 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,
1 30 corporation, or labor organization to enter into any
1 31 understanding, contract, or agreement, whether written or
1 32 oral, to exclude from employment members of a labor union,
1 33 organization, or association, or persons who do not belong to,
1 34 or who refuse to join, a labor union, organization, or
1 35 association, or because of resignation or withdrawal therefrom
2 1 from a labor union, organization, or association, or to
2 2 require, as a condition of employment or continuation of
2 3 employment, any person to join or affiliate with a labor
2 4 union, organization, or association, or to remain a member of
2 5 or continue an affiliation with a labor union, organization,
2 6 or association.
2 7 Sec. 4. Section 731.4, Code 2003, is amended to read as
2 8 follows:
2 9 731.4 UNION DUES AS PREREQUISITE TO EMPLOYMENT ==
2 10 PROHIBITED.
2 11 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,
2 12 labor organization, or corporation, or political subdivision,
2 13 either directly or indirectly, or in any manner or by any
2 14 means as a prerequisite to or a condition of employment or a
2 15 continuation of employment, to require any person to pay dues,
2 16 charges, fees, contributions, fines, or assessments to any
2 17 labor union, labor association, or labor organization.
2 18 EXPLANATION
2 19 This bill adds provisions to the right to work law in Code
2 20 chapter 731, making it unlawful to do any of the following:
2 21 1. To deprive, as a condition of employment or
2 22 continuation of employment, a person of the right to work.
2 23 2. To condition employment or continuation of employment
2 24 on membership in or joining or affiliating with, or on
2 25 remaining a member of or continuing an affiliation with a
2 26 labor union, organization, or association.
2 27 3. To enter into any understanding, contract, or agreement
2 28 that requires, as a condition of employment or continuation of
2 29 employment, any person to join or affiliate with, or to remain
2 30 a member of or continue an affiliation with a labor union,
2 31 organization, or association.
2 32 4. To require, as a condition of employment or
2 33 continuation of employment, any person to pay dues, charges,
2 34 fees, contributions, fines, or assessments to any labor union,
2 35 labor association, or labor organization.
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