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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
The Iowa House will hold a hearing on House File 525 will be held Monday night from 6 to 8:15 p.m. Starting at 5 p.m., labor unions members and their supporters are rallying in the state Capitol in the hopes of killing the legislation that would weaken the state’s collective bargaining laws for public employees.
Among the provisions includes allowing the legislature or governor to veto decisions made by an independent arbitrator and a prohibition on public employee unions negotiating health care or retirement plans. It would also allow employees to become “free agents,” who can negotiate their terms of employment directly with employers even if they are in a union shop.
Below is a livestream of the rally and the public hearing provided by the Iowa Senate Democratic caucus.
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