Florida § 617.2006 - Incorporation of labor unions or bodies.

Full text of Florida Florida Statutes § 617.2006 — Incorporation of labor unions or bodies., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 617.2006. Incorporation of labor unions or bodies.

(1) Any group or combination of groups of workers or wage earners, bearing the name labor, organized labor, federation of labor, brotherhood of labor, union labor, union labor committee, trade union, trades union, union labor council, building trades council, building trades union, allied trades union, central labor body, central labor union, federated trades council, local union, state union, national union, international union, district labor council, district labor union, American Federation of Labor, Florida Federation of Labor, or any component parts or significant words of such terms, whether the same be used in juxtaposition or with interspace, may be incorporated under this chapter. (2) In addition to the requirements of ss. 617.02011 and 617.0202, the articles of incorporation for a labor union or body must set forth the necessity for the incorporation, be subscribed to by not less than five persons, and be acknowledged by all of the subscribers, who shall also make and subscribe to an oath, to be endorsed on the articles of incorporation, that it is intended in good faith to carry out the purposes and objects set forth in the articles of incorporation.

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