§ 679B.1 — Petition for appointment

Iowa § 679B.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 679B: BOARDS OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION

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Whenanydisputearisesbetweenanyperson,firm,corporation,orassociationofemployers
andtheiremployeesorassociationofemployees,ofthisstate,exceptemployersoremployees
having trade relations directly or indirectly based upon interstate trade relations operating
through or by state or international boards of conciliation, which has or is likely to cause a
strike or lockout, involving ten or more wage earners, and which does or is likely to interfere
with the due and ordinary course of business, or which menaces the public peace, or which
jeopardizes the welfare of the community, and the parties thereto are unable to adjust the
same, either or both parties to the dispute, or the mayor of the city, or the chairperson of the
board of supervisors of the county in which said employment is carried on, or on petition of
any twenty-five citizens thereof over the age of eighteen years, or the labor commissioner,
after investigation, may make written application to the governor for the appointment of a
board of arbitration and conciliation, to which board such dispute may be referred under the
provisions of this chapter; and the manager of the business of any person, firm, corporation,
orassociationofsuchemployers, oranyorganizationrepresentingsuchemployees, orifsuch
employees are not members of any organization, then a majority of such employees affected
may make the application as provided in this chapter, but in no case shall more than twenty
employees be required to join in such application.

Legislative History

[S13, §2477-n; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1496; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §90.1]