Minneapolis
Services North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
In Iowa, services:
| Adair | Floyd | Montgomery |
| Adams | Franklin | O’Brien |
| Allamakee | Greene | Osceola |
| Appanoose | Grundy | Page |
| Audubon | Guthrie | Palo Alto |
| Benton | Hamilton | Plymouth |
| Black Hawk | Hancock | Pocahontas |
| Boone | Hardin | Polk |
| Bremer | Harrison | Poweshiek |
| Buchanan | Henry | Ringgold |
| Buena Vista | Howard | Sac |
| Butler | Humboldt | Shelby |
| Calhoun | Ida | Sioux |
| Carroll | Iowa | Story |
| Cass | Jasper | Tama |
| Cedar | Jefferson | Taylor |
| Cerro Gordo | Johnson | Union |
| Cherokee | Jones | Van Buren |
| Chickasaw | Keokuk | Wapello |
| Clarke | Kossuth | Warren |
| Clay | Linn | Washington |
| Clayton | Lucas | Wayne |
| Crawford | Lyon | Webster |
| Dallas | Madison | Winnebago |
| Davis | Mahaska | Winneshiek |
| Decatur | Marion | Woodbury |
| Delaware | Marshall | Worth |
| Dickinson | Mitchell | Wright Counties |
| Emmet | Monona | |
| Fayette | Monroe |
In Michigan, services:
| Alger | Gogebic | Marquette |
| Baraga | Houghton | Menominee |
| Delta | Iron | Ontonagon Counties |
| Dickinson | Keweenaw |
Persons may also obtain service at the Resident Office located in Des Moines, Iowa.
Established in 1935, the National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects employees, employers, and unions from unfair labor practices and protects the right of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. The NLRB conducts hundreds of workplace elections and investigates thousands of unfair labor practice charges each year. Region 18 serves areas in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from its Regional Office in Minneapolis and its Subregional Office in Milwaukee.
Outreach in Plymouth, Minnesota
On March 20, 2013, Regional Director Marlin Osthus presented to Trusight—An Employer’s Association in Plymouth, MN. The Regional Director provided an update on the status of the Board and a review of Board cases, including recent cases affecting employee rights at non-union Employers.
Outreach at Drake Law School
On February 5, 2013, Resident Officer Jennifer Hadsall and Field Examiner Charles Chermak presented “NLRB Basics, PCA, and Social Media” to students in the Labor Law course at Drake Law School in Des Moines, IA.
Region 18 - Minneapolis
Welcome to Region 18 of the National Labor Relations Board. We conduct elections, investigate charges of unfair labor practices, and protect the rights of workers to act together, serving the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and parts of Iowa from our regional office in Minneapolis, and subregional office in Milwaukee. If you have questions or wish to file a charge or petition for election, please visit one of our offices or call and ask for the Information Officer on duty. We can arrange to have someone speak with you in the language of your choice.
Subregional Office 30 - Milwaukee, WI
310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 450W
Milwaukee, WI 53203-2246
United States
Regional Office 18 - Minneapolis, MN
Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building
212 Third Avenue South, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55401-2657
United States
Jennifer A. Hadsall
Jennifer A. Hadsall was appointed Regional Director of the NLRB's Regional Office in Minneapolis, MN (Region 18) in 2017. She began her career with the NLRB in 2003 as a Field Examiner in Region 18. In 2010, she relocated to Des Moines after her promotion to Resident Officer. In 2013, Ms. Hadsall was appointed as the Assistant to the Regional Director and returned to the Minneapolis Regional Office to serve in that role in 2015. A native of Minneapolis, Ms. Hadsall earned her B.A.
Acting General Counsel proposes additional regional office restructuring
National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon announced that he is considering a proposal to reorganize four Regional offices as part of an ongoing effort by the Agency to explore ways to restructure its operations in light of new technologies and changing patterns in case intake.
Piggly Wiggly supermarkets in Wisconsin agree to settle numerous NLRB cases and keep Sheboygan store open
In a series of settlements with the NLRB, a Wisconsin supermarket chain has agreed to solve all outstanding cases with the agency by signing collective bargaining agreements with the union representing its employees, reinstating discharged workers, providing about 500 employees a total of more than $570,000 in backpay, and keeping open a store that had been slated for closure.
Federal judge orders Wisconsin supermarket to restore full-time hours to employees
A federal judge has ordered a Piggly Wiggly supermarket in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to restore full-time status and health insurance to employees whose hours were reduced to part-time without bargaining with their union, and to refrain from making such unilateral changes in the future.
NLRB judge finds Jimmy Johns franchisee in Minnesota illegally fired employees for protected activity
Administrative Law Judge Arthur Amchan has found that a franchisee of the Jimmy Johns sandwich chain unlawfully discharged six employees after they staged a public campaign complaining of the company’s employee sick leave policy.