Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

179.06 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Notices. (a) When any employee, employees, or representative of employees, or labor organization shall desire to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement, or make any change in any existing agreement, or shall desire any…

179.07 LABOR DISPUTE AFFECTING PUBLIC INTERESTS; PROCEDURE. If the dispute is in any industry, business, or institution affected with a public interest, which includes, but is not restricted to, any industry, business, or institution engaged in supplying the necessities of life, …

179.08 POWERS OF COMMISSION APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONER. (a) The commission appointed by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of section 179.07 shall have the power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence which re…

179.083 JURISDICTIONAL CONTROVERSIES. Whenever two or more labor organizations adversely claim for themselves or their members jurisdiction over certain classifications of work to be done for any employer or in any industry, or over the persons engaged in or performing such work …

179.09 ARBITRATION. When a labor dispute arises which is not settled by mediation such dispute may, by written agreement of the parties, be submitted to arbitration on such terms as the parties may specify, including among other methods the arbitration procedure under the terms o…

179.10 JOINING LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; UNITING FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. § Subdivision 1.Employees' right of self-organization. Employees shall have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representa…

179.11 EMPLOYEE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. (a) It is an unfair labor practice: (1) for any employee or labor organization to institute a strike if such strike is a violation of any valid collective agreement between any employer and its employees or labor organization and the employ…

179.12 EMPLOYER UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. (a) It is an unfair labor practice for an employer: (1) to institute a lockout of its employees in violation of a valid collective bargaining agreement between the employer and its employees or labor organization if the employees at the tim…

179.121 OPERATING VEHICLE WHERE DISPUTE IS IN PROGRESS. Any person who operates a motor vehicle which is entering or leaving a place of business or employment where there is a clear notice that a labor dispute is in progress, and who fails to bring the vehicle to a full stop at t…

179.13 UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCES. § Subdivision 1.Unlawful acts. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to interfere with the free and uninterrupted use of public roads, streets, highways or methods of transportation or conveyance or to wrongfully obstruct ingress to and eg…

179.135 PROTECTION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Agreement protected from intervention. No employer holding a valid collective bargaining agreement with any labor organization recognized or certified by the commissioner of mediation services or the National…

179.14 INJUNCTIONS; TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. When any unfair labor practice is threatened or committed, a suit to enjoin such practice may be maintained in the district court of any county wherein such practice has occurred or is threatened. In any suit to enjoin any of the …

179.15 VIOLATORS NOT ENTITLED TO BENEFITS OF CERTAIN SECTIONS. Any employer, employee, or labor organization who has violated any of the provisions of sections 179.01 to 179.17 with respect to any labor dispute shall not be entitled to any of the benefits of sections 179.01 to 17…

179.16 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVES. § Subdivision 1.Exclusive representative. Representatives designated or selected for the purpose of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes shall be the exclusive representatives …

179.17 CITATION; LABOR RELATIONS ACT. Sections 179.01 to 179.17 may be cited as the "Minnesota Labor Relations Act." History: 1939 c 440 s 19

179.18 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Persons. "Persons" includes individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, trustees, and receivers. § Subd. 2.Labor organization. "Labor organization" means any organization of employees or of persons seeking employment which exists for…

179.19 LABOR ORGANIZATION; ELECTING OFFICERS. The officers of every labor organization shall be elected for such terms, not exceeding four years, as the constitution or bylaws may provide. The election shall be by secret ballot. The constitution or bylaws may provide for multiple…

179.20 NOTICE OF ELECTIONS GIVEN. § Subdivision 1.Publication. No election required hereunder shall be valid unless reasonable notice thereof shall have been given to all persons eligible to vote thereat. Proof of publication of notice of an election in a trade union paper of gen…

179.21 LABOR ORGANIZATION; REPORTING RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. It is hereby made the duty of the officer of every labor organization who is charged with responsibility of money and property thereof to furnish to the members thereof in good standing a statement of the receipts a…

179.22 COMMISSIONER-APPOINTED LABOR REFEREE. The commissioner may from time to time appoint labor referees for particular disputes under sections 179.18 to 179.25. Such appointment shall be for the duration only of the particular dispute. Such labor referees shall be paid a per d…

179.231 VIOLATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner-appointed referee. Whenever it reasonably appears to the commissioner that a labor organization has failed to comply with any of the requirements of sections 179.18 to 179.25, the commissioner may appoint a labor referee to act in …

179.25 CITATION; LABOR UNION DEMOCRACY ACT. Sections 179.18 to 179.25 may be cited as the "Minnesota Labor Union Democracy Act." History: 1943 c 625 s 8

179.254 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 179.254 to 179.257, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Benefit fund. "Benefit fund" means any trust fund established and operated for the purpose of providing medical, …

179.255 PAYMENTS INTO HOME BENEFIT FUND. Whenever a construction worker who is a member of a benefit fund works temporarily in a location such that contributions are made by or for the worker into another benefit fund, the trustees of the fund, or their agent, shall pay all such …

179.256 NOTIFYING CONSTRUCTION WORKER OF REIMBURSEMENT. Whenever a construction worker may qualify for the reimbursement of benefit payments to a benefit fund under section 179.255, the trustees of the benefit fund of which the worker is a member, or their agent, shall so notify …

179.257 APPLICABILITY. The provisions of sections 179.254 to 179.256 requiring the transfer of payments between benefit funds shall apply only to those benefit funds which are established, located and maintained within this state. However nothing contained herein shall be constru…

179.26 DEFINITIONS. When used in sections 179.26 to 179.29, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, "employee," "labor organization," "strike," and "lockout" have the meanings given them in section 179.01. History: 1945 c 414 s 1; 1949 c 299 s 1; 2024 c 110 art 5 s 10

179.27 STRIKES OR BOYCOTTS PROHIBITED. When certification of a representative of employees for collective bargaining purposes has been made by proper federal or state authority, it is unlawful during the effective period of such certification for any employee, representative of e…

179.28 TORT RECOVERY Any employer injured through commission of any unlawful act as provided in section 179.27 shall have a cause of action against any employees, representative of employees, or labor organization committing such unlawful act, and shall recover in a civil action …

179.29 DISTRICT COURT; JURISDICTION. The district court of any county in which the employer does any business shall have jurisdiction to entertain an action arising under sections 179.26 to 179.29. Such action shall be tried by the court with a jury unless a jury be waived. Histo…

179.35 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them for purposes of sections 179.35 to 179.39. § Subd. 2.Charitable hospital. "Charitable h…

179.36 STRIKES PROHIBITED. It is unlawful for any hospital employee or representative of the employee, as defined in Minnesota Statutes 1945, section 179.01, subdivision 5, to encourage, participate in, or cause any strike or work stoppage against or directly involving a charitab…

179.37 LOCKOUTS PROHIBITED. It is contrary to public policy and is hereby declared to be unlawful for any charitable hospital to institute, cause, or declare any lockout. History: 1947 c 335 s 3

179.38 ARBITRATION MANDATORY. In the event of the existence of any labor dispute which cannot be settled by negotiation between the charitable hospital employers and their employees, either such employers or employees may petition and avail themselves of the provisions of section…

179.39 SECTIONS NOT APPLICABLE. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1945, sections 185.02 to 185.19, shall not apply in the case of a threatened or existing strike or other work stoppage by hospital employees or in the case of a lockout by a charitable hospital, and such threate…

179.40 SECONDARY BOYCOTT; PUBLIC POLICY. (a) As a guide to the interpretation and application of sections 179.40 to 179.47, the public policy of this state is declared to be: (1) to protect and promote the interests of the public, employees, and employers alike, with due regard t…

179.41 SECONDARY BOYCOTT DEFINED. As used in sections 179.40 to 179.47, the term "secondary boycott" means any combination, agreement, or concerted action; (1) to refuse to handle goods or to perform services for an employer because of a labor dispute, agreement, or failure of ag…

179.42 UNLAWFUL ACT AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE. It is an unlawful act and an unfair labor practice for any person or organization to combine with another, to cause loss or injury to an employer, to refuse to handle or work on particular goods or equipment or perform services for a…

179.43 ILLEGAL COMBINATION; VIOLATING PUBLIC POLICY. A secondary boycott as defined under section 179.41 is an illegal combination in restraint of trade and in violation of the public policy of this state. History: 1947 c 486 s 4; 2024 c 110 art 5 s 14

179.44 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE. The violation of any provision of section 179.41 is hereby declared to be an unfair labor practice and an unlawful act. History: 1947 c 486 s 5

179.45 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. Any person who shall be affected by, or subjected to, or threatened with a secondary boycott, or any of the acts declared to be unlawful by sections 179.40 to 179.47, shall have all the rights and remedies provided for in Minnesota Statutes 1945, chapt…

179.46 LIMITATIONS; FEDERAL ACT. Nothing in sections 179.40 to 179.47 shall be construed as requiring any person to work or perform services against the person's will for any other person, nor to prohibit a strike, picketing or bannering which is otherwise lawful under the statut…

179.47 CONSTRUING SECTIONS 179.40 TO 179.47. Nothing contained in sections 179.40 to 179.47 is intended or shall be construed to repeal sections 179.01 to 179.13 and 179.14 to 179.39, or any part or parts thereof. History: 1947 c 486 s 9

179.60 INTERFERING WITH EMPLOYEE OR MEMBERSHIP IN LABOR ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION. It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corporation, or any agent, officer, or employee thereof, to coerce, require, or influence any person to enter into any agreement, written or verba…

179.86 PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purpose of this section, "employer" means an employer in the meatpacking or poultry processing industry. § Subd. 2.Right to adequate equipment. An employer must furnish its employees with equipment to…

179.87 TITLE. Sections 179.87 to 179.877 may be titled the "Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act." History: 2023 c 53 art 5 s 1