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179.40 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2020 18 <br />To protect and promote the interests of the public, employees and employers alike, with due regard to <br />the situation and to the rights of the others; <br />To promote industrial peace, regular and adequate income for employees, and uninterrupted production <br />of goods and services; and <br />To reduce the serious menace to the health, morals and welfare of the people of this state arising from <br />economic insecurity due to stoppages and interruptions of business and employment. <br />It is recognized that whatever maybe the rights of disputants with respect to each other in any controversy, <br />they should not be permitted, in their controversy, to intrude directly into the primary rights of third parties <br />to earn a livelihood, transact business, and engage in the ordinary affairs of life by lawful means and free <br />from molestation, interference, restraint or coercion. The legislature, therefore, declares that, in its considered <br />judgment, the public good and the general welfare of the citizens of this state will be promoted by prohibiting <br />secondary boycotts and other coercive practices in this state. <br />History: 1947 c 486 s 1 <br />179.41 SECONDARY BOYCOTT DEFINED. <br />As used in sections 179.40 to 179.47, the term "secondary boycott" means any combination, agreement, <br />or concerted action; <br />(1) to refuse to handle goods or to perform services for an employer because of a labor dispute, agreement, <br />or failure of agreement between some other employer and its employees or a bona fide labor organization; <br />or <br />(2) to cease performing or to cause any employees to cease performing any services for an employer, <br />or to cause loss or injury to such employer or to its employees, for the purpose of inducing or compelling <br />such employer to refrain from doing business with, or handling the products of, any other employer because <br />of a dispute, agreement, or failure of agreement between the latter and its employees or a labor organization; <br />or <br />(3) to cease performing or to cause any employer to cease performing any services for another employer, <br />or to cause any loss or injury to such other employer, or to its employees, for the purpose of inducing or <br />compelling such other employer to refrain from doing business with, or handling the products of, any other <br />employer because of an agreement, dispute, or failure of agreement between the latter and its employees or <br />a labor organization. <br />History: 1947 c 486 s 2; 1986 c 444 <br />179.42 UNLAWFUL ACT AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE. <br />It is an unlawful act and an unfair labor practice for any person or organization to combine with another, <br />to cause loss or injury to an employer, to refuse to handle or work on particular goods or equipment or <br />perform services for an employer, or to withhold patronage, or to induce, or to attempt to induce, another <br />to withhold patronage or other business intercourse, for the purpose of inducing or coercing such employer <br />to persuade or otherwise encourage or discourage its employees to join or to refrain from joining any labor <br />union or organization or for the purpose of coercing such employer's employees to join or refrain from <br />joining any labor union or organization. <br />History: 1947 c 486 s 3; 1986 c 444 <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />