Ballot Questions
1938
Question #6
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to add I.17
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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66.53% |
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1,869,883 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
33.47% |
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940,770 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,810,653 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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I.17 proposed for 1939
Article I: Bill Of Rights • Section 17: Labor not a commodity; hours and wages in public work; right to organize and bargain collectively.
Labor of human beings is not a commodity nor an article of commerce and shall never be so considered or construed. No laborer, workman or mechanic, in the employ of a contractor or sub-contractor engaged in the performance of any public work, shall be permitted to work more than eight hours in any day or more than five days in…
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