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Iowa Code § 20.16

Duty to bargain

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Iowa Code § 20.16, Duty to bargain, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2218522
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Upon the receipt by a public employer of a request from an employee organization to bargain on behalf of public employees, the duty to engage in collective bargaining shall arise if the employee organization has been certified by the board as the exclusive bargaining representative for the public employees in that bargaining unit.