The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 447
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

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F.S. 447.01

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.

History.—s. 1, ch. 21968, 1943; s. 147, ch. 97-103.

Note.—Former s. 481.01.

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Amendments to 447.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 447.01

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 447.01.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

J. CATANIA, J. v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., 381 So. 2d 265 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . discharging plaintiff violated the express policy of the legislature articulated in Florida Statutes 447.01 . . .

SHEETMETAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, LOCAL UNION NO. L. v. FLORIDA HEAT AND POWER, INC. a, 230 So. 2d 154 (Fla. 1970)

. . . .; § 447.01 (1) F.S.A.; Schermerhorn v. . . .

R H CORPORATION, v. UNITED STATES, 255 F. Supp. 870 (W.D. Pa. 1966)

. . . .$ 447.01 4. . . .

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS, LOCAL v. CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH,, 179 So. 2d 134 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965)

. . . Section 447.01, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., in the chapter titled “Labor Organizations,” prescribes the . . .

HESCOM, INC. v. R. STALVEY, No. A. F. L. No. A. F. L., 155 So. 2d 3 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963)

. . . Section 447.01, F.S.A. ; F.S. Section 447.03, F.S.A. ; F.S. Section 447.09, F.S.A. ; F.S. . . .

SCHERMERHORN, E. v. LOCAL OF RETAIL CLERKS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AFL- CIO AFL- CIO a, 141 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 1962)

. . . . §§ 447.01 and 447.09, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. “4. . . .

FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL CORP. a v. HOTEL EMPLOYEES UNION, LOCAL NO. A. F. L. L. H. K., 92 So. 2d 415 (Fla. 1957)

. . . Sections 447.01(1, 2), 447.03 and 447.-09(3, 4, 11), Florida Statutes 1955, F.S. . . . Section 447.01(1,. 2) is a statement of policy with reference to the regulation of labor unions, their . . .