State v. Coppage

Citations

• 87 Kan. 752
• 125 P. 8
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 228

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Crime — Employer and Employee — Coercing an Employee to Make Agreement. An employer has no inherent right to coerce an employee, as a condition of remaining in his- employment, to make a written or verbal contract not to become or remain a member of a labor organization.</p> <p>2. Constitutional Law — Employer and Employee — Coercion of Employee. The legislature deeming such coercion against public policy violated no constitutional rights of employers in' the enactment of sections 4674 and 4675 of the General Statutes of 1909, and such sections are valid.</p>