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DNR
Hosts Meeting to Explain Title V
Fees
The Air Bureau of the DNR is
hosting meetings to explain the Title V fee
process to Title V fee payers. ABI staff
attended the meeting held today.
Additionally, at the last EPC meeting, it was
discussed that the Air Quality Bureau is
proposing to increase the fee cap for Title V
fees again. The cap was increased from $39
to $50 last year. The reason for the
increased cap is a shifting of responsibilities
due to decreased general fund dollars. Continue
reading>>>
A scary thought this
Halloween...
While ghosts and
goblins are out prowling neighborhoods this
weekend, other goblins are strategizing to scare
employers out of the state through anti-business
legislative proposals. Additionally, those
anti-business forces are outpacing fundraising
for IIPAC, ABI's best tool to protect Iowa jobs,
by totals of nearly 4 to 1. According to state
reports, the Iowa teachers' union and Iowa's
largest private sector union are outpacing
business in 2009 in fundraising. Continue
reading>>>
Listening
Tour Starts in Northwest Iowa
When legislators of either party share
information with ABI, we share it with you. Iowa
Senate Republicans have started hosting
listening posts around the state to gather
opinions from Iowans. The first meeting
will be held in Sioux City at the Public Library
(Gleeson Meeting Room) on Monday, November 16,
from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. The listening post
is the first of four being held around the
state. Should other events where
legislators are interested in hearing from the
business community be scheduled we will keep you
posted. |
From
the Desk Of...Greg
Naylor
"Seismic
Shift" in Labor-Management Relations on the
Horizon
 The Employee Free Choice
Act (EFCA) has been called the most
revolutionary change in American labor law in
the last fifty years.
President
Obama and Labor Secretary Solis have declared
their unqualified public support for the
EFCA. VP Biden has said it will pass this
year. Senator Arlen Specter recently
announced that a viable compromise EFCA bill had
been hammered out and Senator Harkin said he has
the sixty votes needed to pass the EFCA. A much
more labor friendly National Labor Relations
Board, potentially controlled by three former
union lawyers, would administer the
EFCA.
According to Senator Specter,
the modified EFCA will dump the controversial
card check provision in favor of "quickie"
secret ballot elections (perhaps 10 to 15 days
after the union petition is filed).
However, many of the original EFCA clauses
offensive to business remain, including binding
arbitration for first labor contracts and
$20,000 civil penalties for willful or repeated
employer statutory violations.
Continue
reading>>>
Did you
miss the Monday Memo from ABI President, Mike
Ralston? For this week's memo click
here. |
Leadership Iowa Class of 2009-10
Gathers for Opening Session at King's Pointe
Resort in Storm Lake
King's Pointe in
Storm Lake provided a perfect location for the
opening retreat. The new class met for dinner
Wednesday evening, October 7th and adjourned on
Friday, October 9th. The new class bonded
very quickly and was excited to get started.
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