Firefighters Union Local 4725 v. City of Brainerd

KLAPHAKE, Judge*

Appellants Firefighters Union Local 4725 and its President, Mark Turner (collectively Union), challenge the district court's summary-judgment dismissal of their claims arising out of respondent City of Brainerd's (City) decision to eliminate paid firefighter positions within the fire department.

Because the plain language of Minn. Stat. § 179A.13, subd. 2(2), provides that it is an unfair labor practice for an employer to interfere with the existence and administration of a union, we conclude the district court erred, as a matter of law, by failing to grant summary judgment to…