CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – After a bill advanced out of sub-committee on Wednesday, Iowa Teamsters 238 is calling for members to demonstrate their opposition to the bill. SSB 3158 would look to change the certification requirements for collective bargaining units. Under the bill, a union could be decertified if the union employer failed to submit a list of employees to the Public Employment Relations Board.

In his statement, Teamsters 238 Principal Officer Jesse Case argues it will effectively end all public sector unions in the state.

“The bill says that employers would have to submit a list of employees to the State of Iowa, and if they don’t the union would have to sue those employers in district court. And if we don’t people would lose their unions. That means every year our union alone, just local 238, would have to sue between 50 and 100 school districts, cities, and counties…that’s a bad law,” said Case.

In a video posted on Teamsters 238 YouTube page, Case promised to “fight back” saying they plan to organize protests, rolling strikes, and concerted activity in businesses across the state.