Labor and wages
3 tracked measures relating to labor and wages, in 3 states.
Topic labels are applied by this site to group related measures. They are a navigation aid, not a legal classification, and they are not assigned by any state.
Arizona
1 measure
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Did not qualify
Proposition 143 would have amended the Arizona Constitution to bar school districts and their employees from using public money, resources, or work time to support labor-organization…
Massachusetts
1 measure
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On the ballot
Question 2 would add employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the state agency that employs Massachusetts public defenders, to the list of public employees allowed to bargain…
Nevada
1 measure
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Withdrawn
This initiated statute would have exempted public school teachers from Nevada's prohibition on strikes by government employees. The Clark County Education Association filed the petition and…
About labor and wages ballot measures
This tag covers pay and workplace rules set by state law: minimum wage levels and how they are adjusted over time, paid sick and family leave, collective bargaining and the rules governing strikes, worker classification, scheduling, and prevailing-wage requirements on public projects.
Wage measures almost always contain a schedule rather than a single number. The text will phase an increase in over several years, and will then either freeze the rate, index it to a published inflation measure, or leave future changes to the legislature — three very different long-run outcomes that a one-line ballot summary rarely distinguishes.
Exemptions are the other place the detail lives. A measure may treat tipped workers, small employers, seasonal or agricultural work, minors, or public versus private employment differently, and may or may not preempt local ordinances that set a higher standard. For bargaining and strike measures, the questions to ask are which employees are covered, what the change is to the existing rule, and what enforcement or penalty the text attaches.
Wording, numbering, and certification status are set by each state and can change up to the printing of the ballot. Every summary above links to the records it was built from; where those records disagree with this page, the records govern. Confirm the final ballot text with your state or county election authority before you rely on it.