Any person or agent or officer thereof who coerces or compels any person to enter into an agreement, written or verbal, not to join or become a member of any labor organization, as a condition of securing employment or continuing in the employment of any such person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. Lab. Code § 922
Contracts Against Public Policy
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 52 Cal. 2d 162 - Chavez v. Sargent (1959)
Most recently applied in Hayden v. Ja Reickerd (March 1992)
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.
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