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Ohio Worker Labor and Wage Laws Amendment (September 1912)
Ohio Worker Labor and Wage Laws Amendment | |
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Topic Labor and unions and Minimum wage laws |
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Status |
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Type Constitutional convention referral |
Origin |
Ohio Worker Labor and Wage Laws Amendment was on the ballot as a constitutional convention referral in Ohio on September 3, 1912. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported this constitutional amendment to provide that the legislature could pass laws that regulate working hours, establish a minimum wage, and provide "comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees," while no other constitutional provision could limit this authority. |
A “no” vote opposed this constitutional amendment to provide that the legislature could pass laws that regulate working hours, establish a minimum wage, and provide "comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees," while no other constitutional provision could limit this authority. |
Election results
Ohio Worker Labor and Wage Laws Amendment |
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Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
353,588 | 65.08% | |||
No | 189,728 | 34.92% |
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Worker Labor and Wage Laws Amendment was as follows:
“ | ARTICLE II, SECTION 34. Welfare of Employees. | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article II, Ohio Constitution
The ballot measure created Section 34 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution. The following underlined language was added:[1]
Laws may be passed fixing and regulating the hours of labor, establishing a minimum wage, and providing for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees; and no other provision of the constitution shall impair or limit this power.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: State constitutional conventions
A state constitutional convention referred the measure to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Piqua Leader-Dispatch, "Constitutional Amendments," August 10, 1912
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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