While state workers unions in Iowa are reaching agreements with the state, the Governor-elect says that he will re-open all those contracts when he takes office. He says that none of the agreements, which include 2% pay raises, are sustainable. The Governor-elect says that he wants a pay freeze for state workers. Iowan labor leaders say that they will wait until he takes office and listen to what he has to say then.
See "Workers contracts with Iowa back on the table", Chicago Tribune, December 20, 2010