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SB-299 Employment: labor and employer organizations.(2009-2010)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2009–2010 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 299


Introduced  by  Senator Wyland

February 25, 2009


An act to amend Section 923 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 299, as introduced, Wyland. Employment: labor and employer organizations.
Existing law declares the public policy of the state regarding labor organization.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 923 of the Labor Code is amended to read:

923.
 In the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of this State state is declared as follows:
Negotiation of terms and conditions of labor should result from voluntary agreement between employer and employees. Governmental authority has permitted and encouraged permits and encourages employers to organize in the corporate and other forms of capital control. In dealing with such those employers, the individual unorganized worker is helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his or her freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment. Therefore it is necessary that the individual workman worker have full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his or her employment, and that he or she shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such those representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.