DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR TOLD UNION LEADERS AND RANK-AND-FILE MEMBERS THAT RESTORING PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BARGAINING RIGHTS WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR THEM IF ELECTED.
SOME OF THOSE SEEKING THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE IOWA FEDERATION OF LABOR AFL-CIO PROMISED TO TAKE EXECUTIVE ACTION TO ROLL BACK CHANGES MADE BY THE GOP-CONTROLLED LEGISLATURE EARLIER THIS YEAR.
OVERALL, THE 10-CANDIDATE EVENT WAS CIVIL, WITH NO ONE LAUNCHING PERSONAL ATTACKS, OTHER THAN CORALVILLE NURSE AND UNION PRESIDENT CATHY GLASSON CALLING FORMER GOV. TERRY BRANSTAD AND CURRENT GOV. KIM REYNOLDS “GOOFBALLS.”