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9 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2020 179.13 <br />employees or a labor organization representing the employees as a bargaining agent, as provided by section <br />179.16 <br />(4) to discharge or otherwise to discriminate against an employee because the employee has signed or <br />filed an affidavit, petition, or complaint or given information or testimony under this chapter; <br />(5) to spy directly or through agents or any other persons upon activities of employees or their <br />representatives in the exercise of their legal rights; <br />(6) to distribute or circulate a blacklist of individuals exercising a legal right or of members of a labor <br />organization for the purpose of preventing individuals who are blacklisted from obtaining or retaining <br />employment; <br />(7) to engage or contract for the services of a person who is an employee of another if the employee is <br />paid a wage that is less than the wage to be paid by the engaging or contracting employer under an existing <br />union contract for work of the same grade or classification; <br />(8) willfully and knowingly to utilize a professional strikebreaker to replace an employee or employees <br />involved in a strike or lockout at a place of business located within this state; or <br />(9) to grant or offer to grant the status of permanent replacement employee to a person for performing <br />bargaining unit work for an employer during a lockout of employees in a labor organization or during a <br />strike of employees in a labor organization authorized by a representative of employees. <br />The violation of clause (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), or (9) is an unlawful act. <br />History: (4254-32) 1939 c 440 s 12; 1941 c 469 s 8; 1955 c 669 s 1; 1973 c 149 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1991 <br />c 239 s 1; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 44 <br />NOTE: Clause (9) was preempted under federal law by Midwest Motor Express Inc. v. International <br />Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Local 120, 512 N.W.2d <br />881 (Minn. 1994). <br />179.121 OPERATION OF VEHICLE WHERE DISPUTE IS IN PROGRESS. <br />Any person who operates a motor vehicle which is entering or leaving a place ofbusiness or employment <br />where there is a clear notice that a labor dispute is in progress, and who fails to bring the vehicle to a full <br />stop at the entrance to or exit from that place, or who fails to exercise caution in entering or leaving that <br />place, is guilty of a misdemeanor. <br />History: 1979 c 331 s 1 <br />179.13 INTERFERENCES WHICH ARE UNLAWFUL. <br />Subdivision 1. Unlawful acts. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to interfere with the free <br />and uninterrupted use of public roads, streets, highways or methods of transportation or conveyance or to <br />wrongfully obstruct ingress to and egress from any place of business or employment. <br />Subd. 2. Unfair labor practice. It is an unfair labor practice for any employee or labor organization to <br />commit an unlawful act as defined in subdivision 1. <br />History: (4254-33) 1939 c 440 s 13; 1943 c 624 s 4 <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />