Action Alert from Progress Iowa: Republicans dismantling worker rights in Iowa

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It’s happened.

Republicans have started their all-out assault on Iowa workers’ rights. Will you fight back?

Just moments ago, House Republicans filed HSB84, which dismantles Iowa’s Chapter 20, Iowa’s Collective Bargaining law that has worked for over 40 years. The legislation removes nearly all of the provisions that give hard-working Iowans a seat at the negotiating table, silencing the voices of Iowa educators, correction officers, snow plow drivers, nurses, and more.

If HSB84 is successfully passed and signed, the consequences would be severe. The public workers we all rely on will have less health benefits, lower wages and no say in their work conditions. Other states that gutted collective bargaining laws saw their most qualified workers leave the state.

The fight, however, has just begun, and we need your help to stand up for working Iowans.

For the first step, sign our petition calling on all legislators to oppose HSB84. We need to show these Republicans that Iowans will not stand for this extremist attack on Iowa workers.

They need to hear from all of us -- click here to get started, and add your name to our petition.

We'll stay in touch regularly, to give you the resources you need to flood the capitol with emails and phone calls to stand with Iowa workers!

Thanks for all you do,
Matt Sinovic
Progress Iowa

P.S. There will be a lot of false information presented as Republicans try to gut worker's rights (and while we all work to stop them). Here are a few facts about Chapter 20, Iowa’s Collective Bargaining law:

Bipartisan law passed by a Republican legislature and signed by Governor Robert Ray
Has given Iowa public workers a voice for over 40 years
Allows employees to negotiate over wages, overtime, benefits, safety rules and more
Sets up fair and balanced process to arbitrate in case of no agreement
Only 2% of negotiations went to arbitration last year – proves the process works!