If the dispute is in any industry, business, or institution affected with a public interest, which includes, but is not restricted to, any industry, business, or institution engaged in supplying the necessities of life, safety, or health, so that a temporary suspension of its operation would endanger the life, safety, health, or well-being of a substantial number of people of any community, the provisions of section 179.06 shall apply. The commissioner may appoint a fact finding commission composed of three members to conduct a hearing and make a report on the issues involved and the merits of the respective contentions of the parties to the dispute. If the commissioner decides to appoint a commission, the commissioner shall immediately notify the parties to the labor dispute. The members of such commission shall on account of vocations, employment, or affiliations be representatives of employees, employers, and the public, respectively. If and when the commissioner notifies the parties of the decision to appoint a commission, neither party to the dispute shall make any change in the situation affecting the dispute and no strike or lockout shall be instituted until 30 days after the commissioner's notification to the parties. If the commissioner fails to appoint a commission within five days after notification to the parties, this limitation on the parties shall be suspended and inoperative. If the commissioner thereafter appoints a commission, no strike or lockout having been instituted in the meantime, the limitation shall again become operative, but in no case for more than the original 30-day period. The 30-day period may be extended by stipulation of the parties to the labor dispute, which shall be filed with the commissioner. The commission shall meet within five days of its appointment by the commissioner and conduct the hearings which are necessary to render its report on the issues involved and merits of the contentions of the parties. The report of the commission shall be filed with the commissioner not less than five days prior to the end of the 30-day period set forth above or any extension thereof. The commissioner shall provide copies of the report to the parties to the dispute and may make the report public.
(4254-27) 1939 c 440 s 7; 1941 c 469 s 2; 1969 c 1129 art 2 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 45 s 3; 1987 c 186 s 15
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry
Section 179.01 — Definitions; Minnesota Labor Relations Act.
Section 179.02 — Bureau Of Mediation Services.
Section 179.03 — Removal Of Mediators For Political Activities.
Section 179.04 — Expenses; Fees.
Section 179.06 — Collective Bargaining Agreements.
Section 179.07 — Labor Dispute Affecting Public Interests; Procedure.
Section 179.08 — Powers Of Commission Appointed By Commissioner.
Section 179.083 — Jurisdictional Controversies.
Section 179.10 — Joining Labor Organizations; Uniting For Collective Bargaining.
Section 179.11 — Employee Unfair Labor Practices.
Section 179.12 — Employers' Unfair Labor Practices.
Section 179.121 — Operation Of Vehicle Where Dispute Is In Progress.
Section 179.13 — Interferences Which Are Unlawful.
Section 179.135 — Protection Of Collective Bargaining Agreements.
Section 179.14 — Injunctions; Temporary Restraining Orders.
Section 179.15 — Violators Not Entitled To Benefits Of Certain Sections.
Section 179.16 — Representatives For Collective Bargaining.
Section 179.17 — Citation, Labor Relations Act.
Section 179.18 — Definitions; Minnesota Labor Union Democracy Act.
Section 179.19 — Election Of Officers Of Labor Organization.
Section 179.20 — Notice Of Elections Given.
Section 179.21 — Reports Of Receipts And Disbursements.
Section 179.22 — Labor Referee.
Section 179.25 — Citation, Labor Union Democracy Act.
Section 179.254 — Construction Workers Insurance Benefit Funds; Definitions.
Section 179.255 — Payments Into Home Benefit Fund.
Section 179.256 — Notification.
Section 179.257 — Application.
Section 179.26 — Definitions; Certain Representation Disputes.
Section 179.27 — Strikes Or Boycotts Prohibited.
Section 179.28 — Recovery For Tort.
Section 179.29 — District Court Has Jurisdiction.
Section 179.35 — Definitions; Hospital No Strike And Arbitration Act.
Section 179.36 — Strikes Prohibited.
Section 179.37 — Lockouts Prohibited.
Section 179.38 — Arbitration Mandatory.
Section 179.39 — Sections Not Applicable.
Section 179.40 — Secondary Boycott; Declaration Of Policy.
Section 179.41 — Secondary Boycott Defined.
Section 179.42 — Unlawful Act And Unfair Labor Practice.
Section 179.43 — Illegal Combination; Violation Of Public Policy.
Section 179.44 — Unfair Labor Practice.
Section 179.45 — Rights And Remedies.
Section 179.46 — Limitations; Federal Act.
Section 179.47 — Construction Of Sections 179.40 To 179.47.
Section 179.60 — Interfering With Employee Or Membership In Union.
Section 179.82 — Grant Program Created; Applications.
Section 179.83 — Action On Application.
Section 179.84 — General Conditions And Terms Of Grants.
Section 179.85 — Funding Limitations.
Section 179.86 — Packinghouse Workers Bill Of Rights.
Section 179.90 — Office Of Collaboration And Dispute Resolution.