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.
Iowa Code § 20.16
Duty to bargain
Known as the Public Employment Relations Act
The act spans §§ 20–20 (32 sections).
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.16]
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.