447.03

Employees’ right of self-organization.

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447.03 Employees’ right of self-organization.Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor unions or labor organizations or to refrain from such activity, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
History.s. 3, ch. 21968, 1943; s. 1, ch. 74-100.
Note.Former s. 481.03.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases, 1954–2020 · leading case: Seitz v. Duval County School Bd.
Seitz v. Duval County School Bd. (1979) fladistctapp · cites it 4× “PERC contends that F.S. 447.03 was applicable to this situation in 1976 through the language in F.”
Pasco Cty. Sch. Bd. v. Florida Public Emp. Rel. Comm. (1977) fladistctapp “The report was not filed with the Commission until November 6, 1975, after all evidence had been submitted to the hearing officer. PERC should have relied only upon such evidence, and not evidence presented at a collateral proceeding.”
Lord v. LOCAL UNION NO. 2088 (1979) flmd · cites it 4× “§ 447.03 2 (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the *422 Florida right-to-work civil laws”).”
St. Joe Paper Company v. Gautreaux (1965) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “* * *" Still another statute, not included within Chapter 443, that may be considered in *672 connection with the said contention respecting Gautreaux's union activities, is Section 447.03, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., which provides: "447.”
Reep v. Reep (1990) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “§ 163 (West 1978), § 447.03, Fla. Stat. (1989).”
Seitz v. DUVAL CTY. SCH. BD. (1977) fladistctapp “Having determined that Seitz was properly dismissed for her absence from the performance of her duties and her refusal or inexcusable failure to discharge those duties, the circuit court found it unnecessary to pass on Seitz' substantive defense to the insubordination charge:…”
Treasure, Inc. v. Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders' Union, Local No. 133 (1954) fla · cites it 2× “Even if the picketing is peaceful, if the purpose or reason for the picketing is illegal, then the picketing may be enjoined. F.S. § 447.09, F.S.A., makes it unlawful for any person to coerce or intimidate any employee in the enjoyment of his legal rights, including those…”
Stevens v. Horne (1975) fladistctapp “09(11), which provides: "It shall be unlawful for any person: (11) To coerce or intimidate any employee in the enjoyment of his legal rights, including those guaranteed in § 447.03, or to intimidate his family, picket his domicile or injure the person or property of such…”
Rawlings v. Rawlings (1995) vactapp “§ 168 and Fla. Stat. Ann. § 447.03 (West 1989)), and the good faith of the obligor parent in undertaking the strike for the long-term benefit of his continued employment.”
CANNERY, C., D., W. & A. EMP. v. Winter Haven Hosp., Inc. (1973) fla · cites it 2× “[t]o coerce or intimidate any employee in the enjoyment of his legal rights, including those guaranteed in § 447.03... ." Generally, as in the instant case, the question of standing is usually raised by a motion to dismiss.”
Adams v. Auchter Co. (1976) fla · cites it 2× “Fla. Stat. § 447.03 , F.S.A. (1973) provides: "Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own *626 choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of…”
School Board of Marion Cty. v. Public Emp. Rel. Com'n (1976) fladistctapp “(F.S. 447.03, 447.201) According to F.S. 447.”
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