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Oregon Measure Nos. 320-321, Universal Eight-Hour Workday Initiative (1914)
| Oregon Measure Nos. 320-321 | |
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| Topic Working hours regulations |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 320-321 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 3, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported mandating that no person, no matter the business or profession, should be required to work more than eight hours per day or forty-eight hours per week. |
A "no" vote opposed mandating that no person, no matter the business or profession, should be required to work more than eight hours per day or forty-eight hours per week. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 320-321 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 49,360 | 22.72% | ||
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167,888 | 77.28% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 320-321 was as follows:
| “ | Proposed by Initiative Petition Initiated by authority of Mrs. Jean Bennett, 429 E. Morrison St., Portland, on behalf of the Universal Eight Hour League. - UNIVERSAL CONSTITUTIONAL EIGHT HOUR DAY AMENDMENT. - Its purpose is to add Section 9 to Article XV of the Oregon Constitution prohibiting any man, woman, boy or girl, from being employed more than eight hours in any one day, or forty-eight hours in any one week, in any trade, business or profession, or on any farm, or in domestic service, or in any kind of employment whatever, skilled or unskilled, mental or physical, within the State of Oregon. This law applied to children and other relatives of the employers, and provides penalty for violation thereof. --- Vote YES or NO. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment was equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last Supreme Court justice election.
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