Election: Nov. 8, 2016 (General)
Outcome: Passed
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ConstitutionUnder current law, the Code of Alabama, but not the State Constitution, declares that a persons membership or nonmembership in a labor union or organization may not eliminate or reduce that persons right to work, nor be used as a condition for employment or continuation of employment. Amendment 8 would place these identical right-to-work provisions from the Code of Alabama in the State Constitution.
If a majority of voters vote Yes on Amendment 8, both the Code of Alabama and Alabamas Constitution would protect a persons right to work, regardless of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or organization.
If a majority of voters vote No on Amendment 8, then a persons right to work, regardless of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or organization, would remain protected in the Code of Alabama, but would not be protected in the Alabama Constitution.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to declare that it is the public policy of Alabama that the right of persons to work may not be denied or abridged on account of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or labor organization; to prohibit an agreement to deny the right to work, or place conditions on prospective employment, on account of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or labor organization; to prohibit an employer from requiring its employees to abstain from union membership as a condition of employment; and to provide that an employer may not require a person, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to pay dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor union or labor organization.
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