Laserfiche WebLink
179.18 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2020 12 <br />MINNESOTA LABOR UNION DEMOCRACY ACT <br />179.18 DEFINITIONS; MINNESOTA LABOR UNION DEMOCRACY ACT. <br />Subdivision 1. Persons. "Persons" includes individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, trustees, <br />and receivers. <br />Subd. 2. Labor organization. "Labor organization" means any organization of employees or ofpersons <br />seeking employment which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing <br />with employers concerning grievances or terms or conditions of employment, but shall not include any labor <br />organization subject to the Federal Railway Labor Act, as amended from time to time. <br />Subd. 3. Employer. "Employer" includes all persons employing others and all persons acting in the <br />interest of an employer, but does not include the state or any political or governmental subdivision thereof, <br />nor any person subject to the Federal Railway Labor Act, as amended from time to time. <br />Subd. 4. Employee. "Employee" includes, in addition to the accepted definition of the word, any employee <br />whose work has ceased because of any unfair labor practice as defined in section 179.12 on the part of the <br />employer or because of any current labor dispute and who has not obtained other regular and substantially <br />equivalent employment, but does not include any individuals employed in agricultural labor or by a parent <br />or spouse or in domestic service of any person at the person's own home. <br />Subd. 5. Representative of employees. "Representative of employees" means any person acting or <br />asserting the right to act for employees or persons seeking employment in collective bargaining or dealing <br />with employers concerning grievances or terms or conditions of employments. <br />Subd. 6. Competent evidence. "Competent evidence" means evidence admissible in a court of equity <br />and such other evidence other than hearsay as is relevant and material to the issue and is of such character <br />that it would be accepted by reasonable persons as worthy of belief. <br />History: 1943 c 625 s 1; 1986 c 444 <br />179.19 ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF LABOR ORGANIZATION. <br />The officers of every labor organization shall be elected for such terms, not exceeding four years, as the <br />constitution or bylaws may provide. The election shall be by secret ballot. The constitution or bylaws may <br />provide for multiple choice voting, nomination by primaries or runoff elections, or other method of election <br />by which selection by a majority may be obtained. In the absence of such provision, the candidate for any <br />office receiving the largest number of votes cast for that office shall be declared elected. It is the duty of <br />every labor organization and the officers thereof to hold an election for the purpose of electing the successor <br />of every such officer prior to the expiration of a term. Any employee who is elected to a full time position <br />in a labor organization shall be given a leave of absence for the duration of time holding such office, without <br />losing seniority or entitlement to any rights acquired as a result of employment. <br />History: 1943 c 625 s 2; 1969 c 853 s 1; 1986 c 444 <br />179.20 NOTICE OF ELECTIONS GIVEN. <br />Subdivision 1. Publication. No election required hereunder shall be valid unless reasonable notice <br />thereof shall have been given to all persons eligible to vote thereat. Proof of publication of notice of an <br />election in a trade union paper of general circulation among the membership of the union holding such <br />election shall be conclusive proof of reasonable notice as required in this subdivision. <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />