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| Ruling upholds a ban by the Corrections Department on anti-Branstad pins distributed by union |
| By omaha.com |
| Published: 06/16/2016 |
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DES MOINES (AP) — An appeals court Wednesday upheld a state policy that bars prison employees from wearing union pins opposing Republican Gov. Terry Branstad while on duty. A three-judge panel sided with a lower court and the Public Employment Relations Board, agreeing that “special circumstances” justified the ban that the Department of Corrections imposed in 2011. The pins at issue were distributed by the largest state employees’ union, AFSCME Iowa Council 61, a longtime Branstad foe. They depict an unflattering photograph of the governor’s face bisected by a red diagonal slash — the universal “no” symbol. The words “1991 or 2011” are at the top and “NOTHING HAS CHANGED” at the bottom. The pins were issued to protest Branstad’s 2011 line-item veto that closed 36 unemployment offices and to remind workers about his 1991 veto of wage increases for state employees during his earlier tenure as governor. Both vetoes were later ruled unconstitutional by the Iowa Supreme Court. Read More. |
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