Agenda - Council Work Session - 06/08/2021

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179.02 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2020 4 (c) The commissioner must post and maintain, on the Bureau of Mediation Services website, a list of the sources of funds and amounts received under this subdivision. History: (4254-22) 1939 c 440 s 2; 1949 c 739 s 14; 1951 c 713 s 17; 1969 c 1129 art 2 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 25; 1987 c 45 s 1,2; 1987 c 186 s 15, 1989 c 255 s 1; 1990 c 546 s 1; 1999 c 221 s 4; 2014 c 312 art 3s8 179.03 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES FORBIDDEN. Any mediator, under the provisions of sections 179.01 to 179.17, who exerts personal influence, directly or indirectly, to induce any other person to adopt the mediator's political views, or to favor any particular candidate for office, or to contribute funds for political purposes shall forthwith be removed from office or position by the appointing authority; provided, that before removal the commissioner of mediation services shall be entitled to a hearing before the governor, and any other employee shall be entitled to a similar hearing before the commissioner of mediation services. History: (4254-23) 1939 c 440 s 3,- 1969 c 1129 art 2 s 2; 1974 c 139 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 15 179.04 EXPENSES; FEES. Subdivision 1. Travel and other expenses. The commissioner of mediation services and employees, or any special mediator, shall be paid their actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Vouchers for such expenses shall be itemized and sworn to by the person incurring the expense. Subd. 2. Seminar and workshop fees. The commissioner shall charge a fee to each participant at a labor relations education seminar or workshop so that all expenditures except salaries of bureau employees are reimbursed at least 100 percent. Receipts shall be credited to the general fund. History: (4254-24) 1939 c 440 s 4; 1969 c 1129 art 2 s 3; 1979 c 333 s 89; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 15 179.05 [Repealed, 1987 c 45 s 9] 179.06 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. Subdivision 1. Notices. 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 changes in the rates of pay, rules or working conditions in any place of employment, it shall give written notice to the employer of its demand, which notice shall follow the employer if the place of employment is changed, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the employer and the representative of employee or labor organization to endeavor in good faith to reach an agreement respecting such demand. An employer shall give a like notice to employees, representative, or labor organizations of any intended change in any existing agreement. If no agreement is reached at the expiration often days after service of such notice, any employees, representative, labor organization, or employer may at any time thereafter petition the commissioner of mediation services to take jurisdiction of the dispute and it shall be unlawful for any labor organization or representative to institute or aid in the conduct of a strike or for an employer to institute a lockout, unless such petition has been served by the party taking such action upon the commissioner and the other parties to the labor dispute at least ten days before the strike or lockout becomes effective. Unless the strike or lockout is commenced within 90 days from the date of service of the petition upon the commissioner, it shall be unlawful for any of the parties to institute or aid in the conduct of a strike or lockout without serving a new petition in the manner prescribed for the service of the original petition, Official Publication of the State of Minnesota Revisor of Statutes