Iowa employee union asks for multiple raises over 2 years
Source: Sioux City Journal
ERIN MURPHY
DES MOINES | Iowas largest public employee union on Monday called for four 2 percent raises over the next two fiscal years in its initial contract proposal to the governors administration.
Representatives of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61 gave their initial two-year contract proposal to representatives of Gov. Terry Branstads administration Monday at AFSCME headquarters.
The proposal includes 2 percent raises for more than 18,000 state employees on July 1, 2015, Jan. 1 and July 1, 2016, and Jan. 1, 2017.
AFSCME President Danny Homan said he did not have a fiscal impact of the proposal.
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First statewide public union negotiations since election day.