AFSCME IOWA COUNCIL 61 PRESIDENT DANNY HOMAN RE-ELECTED
DES MOINES, IA – On Friday, July 19th, at the 18th Biennial Convention of AFSCME Iowa Council 61, Danny Homan was re-elected as President of AFSCME Iowa Council 61 by acclamation.
“I am honored by the trust and confidence placed in me by AFSCME Iowa’s members. AFSCME Iowa will continue to strongly advocate on behalf of our members, their families, and the services we provide to our communities,” said Homan.
“Our Union has accomplished much on behalf of our members over the last two years. AFSCME Iowa has successfully negotiated many contracts on behalf of the employees it represents. AFSCME Iowa prevented Governor Branstad from unconstitutionally expanding his item-veto power by taking him to the Iowa Supreme Court, where AFSCME Iowa prevailed in a unanimous decision. AFSCME Iowa also successfully defended the health care benefits earned by state and judicial employees by winning a historic arbitration decision in March 2013,” added Homan.
Homan was first elected in 2005 and will now begin his 5th term. Danny Homan was born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa. Homan proudly served in the United States Army from October 1971 until August 1973 as an Atomic Weapons Specialist. Danny Homan started his public employee career in June, 1984 with the Third Judicial District, Department of Correctional Services as a Residential Advisor at the Residential Treatment Facility in Sioux City.
Danny Homan started his career with AFSCME Iowa Council 61 in December 1987 as a Political Organizer. In February 1988, Homan was hired as a Union Representative serving AFSCME members in Northwest Iowa until July of 2005. In July 2005, Homan was elected President of AFSCME Iowa Council 61.
Susie Baker, a Drafter at the University of Northern Iowa, was re-elected as Executive Vice President by acclamation. Jerry Jones, a Correctional Officer at the Newton Correctional Facility, was re-elected as Secretary-Treasurer by acclamation.
““Our Union has accomplished much on behalf of our members over the last two years.”
That is correct, and all of those accomplishments are on the backs of the taxpayers too.
Do ANY of your brain cells function? What in the hell do union wages and benefits have to do with taxpayers backs?
Um, HELLO…..Do ANY of YOUR brain cells function? Since AFSCME stands for; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, who do you think pays the wages for the public employees?
Can you spell — DETROIT?
And THEY WORK for that money, so it’s NOT YOURS. I am so sick of mental midgets thinking their contribution to society is still “their” money. It’s not. It’s the state’s.
Since they are paid with TAX-PAYERS money, then the money you claim is the STATES money, actually comes from people like me and you, so it is OUR money.
I’m only guessing here, but I’d be inclined to believe that you are a union person.
I live in Realville, his profession will not be around much longer, it simply can’t be viable much longer. Free market has to prevail and will.