Health insurance may be scrapped from public collective bargaining
BPC Staff Nov 22, 2016 | 4:02 pm
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71 wordsAll Latest News, Government Policy and Law, Statewide NewsDes Moines Register: State officials want to remove health insurance benefits from new union contracts with state and local government workers, eliminating those items from Iowa’s collective bargaining law for public employees. The concept being explored by state officials would establish a statewide health insurance plan for public employees that would be similar to the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, known as IPERS, which provides pensions for public workers, he said.