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Massachusetts Half-Paid Saturday Vacation for Laborers Employed by the State Measure (1914)
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| Topic Civil service and Working hours regulations |
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| Type Legislatively referred state statute |
Origin |
Massachusetts Half-Paid Saturday Vacation for Laborers Employed by the State Measure was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Massachusetts on November 3, 1914. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing a half-paid vacation day on Saturdays for laborers employed by the state. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing a half-paid vacation day on Saturdays for laborers employed by the state. |
Election results
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Massachusetts Half-Paid Saturday Vacation for Laborers Employed by the State Measure |
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248,987 | 66.00% | ||
| No | 128,251 | 34.00% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Half-Paid Saturday Vacation for Laborers Employed by the State Measure was as follows:
| “ | Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen to make Saturday a half-holiday, without loss of pay, for laborers, workmen and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the commonwealth and otherwise to regulate their employment, be accepted? [ ] Yes [ ] NO | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The measure was placed on the ballot by a vote of the Massachusetts State Legislature on July 7, 1914.[1]
See also
Footnotes
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State of Massachusetts Boston (capital) |
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