Union-Busting Bill Blocked By Democrats In Iowa Senate
Please thank your Democratic legislators and don't forget to mention this to voters when it's time to GOTV next year.
Collective bargaining bill DOA in Iowa Senate – Iowa Independent
Sen. Wally Horn (D-Cedar Rapids) said that there weren’t enough votes in the Democratically-controlled Senate to bring the bill out of committee. Members of the Republican-controlled Iowa House spent three days last week debating the bill, which was ultimately passed Friday on a party line vote.”
My fellow/sister Iowans, this is great news, but make no mistake – it only buys us a little bit of time. The GOP and their corporate cronies will stop at nothing to get their way. In 2012, Citizens United will allow unprecedented money to buy state legislatures and now that the masks are off, they've got nothing to lose.
Next year Iowa could be Wisconsin or Michigan. The GOP will not stop and we need to be ready. If you are a progressive or someone who supports workers' rights and the middle class, you should immediately start a Twitter
account if you do not yet have one. If you do have one and use it, you
should start using hashtags #madia and #iaunion. This will
connect you to others in the movement.
Also, get yourselves on Facebook
and start adding progressive friends like crazy. We've got to build a
solid, huge, statewide activist network. We need to learn how to use Facebook and Twitter
effectively or Iowa will be left behind.
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