Legal Opinion
General Drivers, Helpers, & Truck Terminal Employees, Local 120 v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 1, 1978No. 47761PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PETERSON, Justice.
The issue for decision is whether the Minnesota Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA) permits sympathy strikes by public employees in support of "a lawful primary strike by public employees in collective bargaining units of which the sympathy strikers are not members. The issue is solely one of statutory construction. The district court of Ramsey County ruled that such a sympathy strike is prohibited by Minn.St. 179.64, subd. 1 (PELRA), and we are compelled to agree.
Employees of the city of St. Paul in two bargaining units of clerical and technical employees,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Norwalk Teachers' Ass'n v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Head v. Special School District No. 1Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
- Garavalia v. City of StillwaterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- St. Paul Professional Employees Ass'n v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
3Cited by1 opinion
- General Drivers, Helpers, & Truck Terminal Employees, Local 120 v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978