GENERAL DRIVERS, HELPERS, ETC. v. CITY OF ST. PAUL

No. 47761.

270 N.W.2d 877 (1978)

GENERAL DRIVERS, HELPERS, AND TRUCK TERMINAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 120, et al., Appellants, Council 91, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Intervenor, Appellant, v. CITY OF ST. PAUL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robins, Davis & Lyons and Stephen D. Gordon, Bruce A. Finzen, and Ernest Reveal III, St. Paul, for appellant General Drivers, et al.

Gregg M. Corwin, Golden Valley, for appellant Council 91, et al.

Harriet Lansing, City Atty., Frank E. Villaume III, Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before PETERSON, YETKA and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


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...

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