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Fla. Stat. § 447.01 (2025)
Regulating labor unions; state policy.
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447.01 Regulating labor unions; state policy.—
(1) Because of the activities of labor unions affecting the economic conditions of the country and the state, entering as they do into practically every business and industrial enterprise, it is the sense of the Legislature that such organizations affect the public interest and are charged with a public use. The working person, unionist or nonunionist, must be protected. The right to work is the right to live.
(2) It is here now declared to be the policy of the state, in the exercise of its sovereign constitutional police power, to regulate the activities and affairs of labor unions, their officers, agents, organizers and other representatives, in the manner, and to the extent hereafter set forth.
Note.—Former s. 481.01.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1957–2002 · leading case: Master Builders of Iowa, Inc. v. Polk Cnty., 653 N.W.2d 382 (Iowa 2002).
Master Builders of Iowa, Inc. v. Polk Cnty., 653 N.W.2d 382 (Iowa 2002). “§§ 11-3-301 to -304 (Michie 2002); Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 447.01 , 447.17 (West 2002); Ga.”
Schermerhorn v. Local 1625 of Retail Clerks Int. Ass'n, 141 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 1962). “[3] "§§ 447.01 and 447.09, Fla. Stat., F.S.A. [4] "Essential to that contention was that the business involved be one engaged in interstate commerce.”
Sheetmetal Workers'int. Ass'n v. Florida H. & P., Inc., 230 So. 2d 154 (Fla. 1970). “The authority of Florida courts also is recognized to uphold this state's policy and enforce its provisions regarding the open shop, under the "Right to Work" provisions of the state Constitution and statutes, even though activities may be covered by federal legislation; this…”
Am. Fed'n of Musicians, Local 806 v. City of West Palm Beach, 179 So. 2d 134 (Fla. 2d DCA 1965). “Section 447.01, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., in the chapter titled “Labor Organizations,” prescribes the state policy to regulate, to the extent thereafter set forth, the activities and affairs of labor unions, their officers, agents, organizers, and other representatives and…”
Fontainebleau Hotel Corp. v. Hotel Employees Union, 92 So. 2d 415 (Fla. 1957). “Section 447.01(1, 2) is a statement of policy with reference to the regulation of labor unions, their agents, employees and other representatives.”
Hescom, Inc. v. Stalvey, 155 So. 2d 3 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963). “Section 447.01, F.S.A. ; F.S. Section 447.”
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