Opinion: Collective bargaining: One of Iowa Democrats' failed messages to voters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Prior to the 2017 reforms, those items and others were mandatory bargaining items between local public sector unions and public employers such as school districts, cities, counties and state government entities -- all of which fund positions of employment with taxpayer dollars.
48% : But any change that reduces the power of labor unions -- especially public-sector labor unions -- will infuriate Democrats, who have historically counted organized labor as both a massive voting bloc, a built-in political activism wing and rich source of financial support.
40% : Since then, Iowans have gone back to the polls four times, with Democrats repeating the same gripe about Iowa Republicans "taking away workers' collective bargaining rights.

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