House File 615 - Introduced

HOUSE FILE  	 BY	ISENHART

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Approved  	

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning labor management committees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
TLSB 2432HH 83
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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
35 or industry.	The bill further requires the committees to be
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
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