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13 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2020 179.231 <br />Subd. 2. Plurality required. No result of an election required hereunder shall be valid unless a plurality <br />of the eligible persons voting thereat shall have cast their votes by secret ballot in favor of such result. <br />History: 1943 c 625 s 3 <br />179.21 REPORTS OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. <br />It is hereby made the duty of the officer of every labor organization who is charged with responsibility <br />of money and property thereof to furnish to the members thereof in good standing a statement of the receipts <br />and disbursements of the labor organization from the date of the next preceding statement and the assets <br />and liabilities thereof to the date of the current statement. Such statement shall be furnished by such officer <br />at the time prescribed by the constitution or laws of the labor organization, or it shall be furnished not later <br />than the 1st day of July next following such calendar year. <br />History: 1943 c 625 s 4 <br />179.22 LABOR REFEREE. <br />The commissioner may from time to time appoint labor referees for particular disputes under sections <br />179.18 to 179.25. Such appointment shall be for the duration only of the particular dispute. Such labor <br />referees shall be paid a per diem allowance not to exceed that established for arbitrators in section 179A.16, <br />subdivision 8, while so engaged, and their necessary expenses. When approved by the commissioner, the <br />commissioner shall cause to be paid, from the appropriation to the commissioner, the amount due to the <br />labor referees for services and expenses. <br />History: 1943 c 625 s S; 1969 c 1129 art 2 s 13; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 45 s 6; 1987 c 186 s 15 <br />179.23 [Repealed, 1987 c 45 s 9] <br />179.231 VIOLATIONS. <br />Subdivision 1. Commissioner may appoint referee. Whenever it reasonably appears to the commissioner <br />that a labor organization has failed to comply with any of the requirements of sections 179.18 to 179.25, the <br />commissioner may appoint a labor referee to act in the dispute. <br />Subd. 2. Hearing. Within ten days of appointment, the labor referee shall fix a time and place for a <br />hearing upon the matter and send written notice thereof to the labor organization, and its officers who are <br />charged in the complaint, the complainant, and to other persons who are parties to the dispute. <br />Subd. 3. Appearance; evidence. A party to or party affected by the dispute may appear at the hearing <br />before the labor referee in person, by attorney, or by other representative. The party has the right to offer <br />competent evidence and to be heard on the issues before an order is made by the referee. Within 30 days of <br />the close of the hearing, the referee shall prepare and file with the commissioner findings of fact and an <br />order sustaining or dismissing the charges. If the charges are sustained, a labor organization maybe suspended <br />from acting as the representative of employees by the commissioner until the basis for the failure to comply <br />with the requirements of sections 179.18 to 179.25 has been removed as provided in subdivision 4. The <br />commissioner shall suspend a labor organization which does not act affirmatively to remove the basis of <br />sustained charges within 30 days of the filing of the referee's order with the commissioner. <br />Subd. 4. Removal of suspension. A labor organization which has had charges sustained against it under <br />this section, whether suspended from acting as the representative of employees or not, may remove the basis <br />for the charges or suspension by applying to the commissioner and submitting proof that the basis for the <br />charges has been removed or corrected. Upon receipt of the application, the commissioner shall notify all <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />