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tentative agreement prior to March 15th.~' This is not to say that
employee organizations should not be cognizant of problems which
may arise when tentative agreements presented for ratification
after the March 15th negotiation deadline fail to be ratified.
Based upon the foregoing findings of fact and conclusions of
law I issue the following recommended
ORDER
Complainant's petition is dismissed in its entirety.
DATED at Des Moines, Iowa this 16th day of November, 1988.
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"section 20.10 (3)
(a) provides:
It shall be a prohibited practice for public employees
or an employee organization or for any person, union or
organization or their agents willfully to interfere with,
restrain, coerce or harass any public employee with
respect to any of the employee's rights under this
chapter or in order to prevent or discourage the
employee's exercise of any such right ...
