UPDATE 3:44PM
The Iowa Senate has approved a bill that would greatly reduce negotiating power for public sector unions in the state.
The GOP-led chamber voted 29-21 Thursday, with all Democrats and an independent opposed.
The vote followed lengthy debate in the chamber that started Wednesday morning and entered the next day.
The Republican-majority House approved the measure 53-47 about an hour earlier.
Legislative leaders used a rare procedural move to end debate early on the bill in both chambers.
The bill now heads to Governor Terry Branstad, who supports the measure.
Read more at:
http://kscj.com/2017/02/16/collective-bargaining-debate-end-afternoon/---
Republicans in Iowa have waited for this a long long time. Iowa is the worst state in the discrepancy in income between private and public workers, as well as the number of govt workers per capita. This should help balance the equation, and shut down the union ATM machine for the Dems.
