Title

RIGHT OF EMPLOYMENT

Proposition Summary

Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Adds Section 1A to Article I. Declares right of employment, free from interference because employee does or does not belong to or pay money to a labor organization. Declares interference with such right unlawful and provides remedy by court action. Defines labor organization. Declares section self-executing, and authorizes legislation to facilitate its operation.

Proposition Number

12

Year

1944

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 1304418; A: 40.8; N: 1893589; B: 59.2

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

For Author

E. C. Kimball, Citrus Grower, Ventura County. Chairman, California Committee for the Right to Work.; James L. Beebe, Lawyer, Los Angeles.; Byron C. Hanna, Lawyer, Los Angeles.; Mark Holthouse, Dairyman, Los Altos.; R. F. Schmeiser, Farmer, Fresno.

Against Author

Anthony L. Noriega, President, California State Federation of Labor.; C. J. Haggerty, Secretary-Treasurer, California State Federation of Labor.; J. G. Thimmes, President, State C. I. O. Council.; M. C. Hermann, Quartermaster Adjutant, Department of California, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.; Walter L. Bachrodt, Superintendent, City Schools of San Jose.

Recommended Citation

RIGHT OF EMPLOYMENT California Proposition 12 (1944).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/450