(Source: Radio Iowa, February 8, 2017. BLET Editor’s Note: Ross Grooters is a member of BLET Division 778 in Des Moines, Iowa.)
DES MOINES, Iowa — There was an emotional hearing this morning as dozens of union members packed into a capitol committee room to speak out against changes in Iowa’s collective bargaining law for unions that represent government workers. Ross Grooters of Pleasant Hill, a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, said Republicans are shutting out the voices of union workers. “You’re letting us speak, but you’re not hearing it and it’s shameful,” Grooters said.
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