House File 615 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ISENHART


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning labor management committees.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2432HH 83
  4 ec/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  84A.11  LABOR MANAGEMENT
  1  2 COMMITTEES.
  1  3    1.  For purposes of this section, unless the context
  1  4 otherwise requires, "labor management committee" means a
  1  5 consortium of a least three employers and three employee
  1  6 organizations with collective bargaining agreements covering
  1  7 employees in this state in which the employers and the
  1  8 employee organizations are from the same area or industry and
  1  9 meet all of the following requirements:
  1 10    a.  The committee is organized for the purpose of promoting
  1 11 the public interest by improving labor management relations
  1 12 and engaging in economic, community, or workforce development
  1 13 through joint activities.
  1 14    b.  The committee is directed by a board with equal
  1 15 representation from employers and employee organizations,
  1 16 where the employer members have been elected or appointed by
  1 17 employers and the labor members have been elected or appointed
  1 18 by the applicable employee organization.
  1 19    c.  The committee is capable of acting without ratification
  1 20 or veto by another body or entity.
  1 21    2.  The department of workforce development may enter into
  1 22 contracts with or provide grant funding to labor management
  1 23 committees for the purpose of promoting the public interest by
  1 24 improving labor management relations and engaging in economic,
  1 25 community, or workforce development through joint activities.
  1 26 If financial assistance is provided through a grant, the labor
  1 27 management committee shall provide a match for such funding in
  1 28 an amount at least equal to any state funding provided.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill authorizes the department of workforce
  1 31 development to enter in contracts or provide grant funding to
  1 32 labor management committees.  The bill defines labor
  1 33 management committee as a consortium of a least three
  1 34 employers and three employee organizations from the same area
  1 35 or industry.  The bill further requires the committees to be
  2  1 organized for the purpose of improving labor management
  2  2 relations, be directed by a board with equal employer and
  2  3 employee organization representation, and be capable of acting
  2  4 without ratification or veto by another body or entity.  The
  2  5 bill further provides that if grant money is provided by the
  2  6 department to a labor management committee, the committee
  2  7 shall provide a match for such funding in an amount at least
  2  8 equal to any state funding provided.
  2  9 LSB 2432HH 83
  2 10 ec/rj/8