Supreme Court Won’t Review Minnesota Ban on Anti-Union Meetings

Challengers to a Minnesota ban on mandatory anti-union meetings at work won’t get a chance to convince the US Supreme Court their case against state officials can overcome sovereign immunity hurdles.

The court denied a petition to review the case Monday, after the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled against the business groups in September 2025 and ordered the case dismissed.

The litigation challenging Minnesota’s 2023 law banning “captive audience” meetings mirrors lawsuits contesting similar statutes in three other states: Connecticut, Illinois, and two cases in California. At least a dozen states have barred employers from ...