Proposition Summary

Referendum against Act of Legislature (Chapter 623, Statutes 1941). Declares unlawful "hot cargo" and "secondary boycott," allowing person injured injunction and damages. Defines "hot cargo" as combination or agreement resulting in employer's or employee's refusal to handle goods or perform services because of another employer's labor dispute or contract; "secondary boycott" as combination or agreement to cease performing services or cause any employer loss to Induce him to refrain from business with another employer because of latter labor dispute. Act effective to May 1, 1943, or during proclaimed national emergency or war.

Proposition Number

1

Year

1942

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 1124624; A: 55.3; N: 909061; B: 44.7

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Referendum

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Lab. Code sections 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135 and 1136.

For Author

W. P. Rich, Senator, Tenth District.; Frank L. Gordon, Senator, Eleventh District.

Against Author

C. J. Haggerty, President, California State Federation of Labor.; Edward D. Vandeleur, Secretary, California State Federation of Labor.; J. W. Buzzell, Secretary, Los Angeles Central Labor Council.

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