Iowa Code r. 621-6.5 - Voluntary settlement procedures
(1)
Terms made public. Where
the parties have reached a proposed (or "tentative") collective bargaining
agreement, the public employer shall make the terms of the agreement
public.
(2)
Ratification or
rejection by employee organization. Within seven days of the date of
the tentative agreement, the employee organization shall conduct a ratification
election on the tentative agreement. The employee organization shall give
reasonable notice of the date, time and place of the election to the public
employees; however, such notice shall be at least 24 hours prior to the
election. The vote shall be by secret ballot, and the majority of votes cast
will determine acceptance or rejection of the tentative agreement. Only members
of the employee organization shall be entitled to vote; however, the employee
organization may, pursuant to its internal procedures, extend voting rights to
nonmember bargaining unit employees. The employee organization shall, within 24
hours of the conclusion of the election, serve notice on the public employer as
to whether or not the proposed agreement has been ratified.
(3)
Acceptance or rejection by public
employer. The public employer shall, within ten days of the tentative
agreement, likewise meet to accept or reject the agreement, and shall within 24
hours of the acceptance or rejection serve notice on the employee organization
of its acceptance or rejection of the proposed agreement; however, the public
employer shall not be required to either accept or reject the tentative
agreement if it has been rejected by the employee organization.
(4)
Time limits.
a. The above time limits may be modified by a
written mutual agreement between the public employer and the employee
organization.
b. The above time
limits shall not apply to proposed agreements between the state and any
bargaining unit of state employees.
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