(1)The public policy of the state as to
employment relations and collective bargaining, in the furtherance of which this
article 3 is enacted, is declared to be as follows:
(a)It recognizes that there are three major interests involved, namely: That
of the public, the employee, and the employer. These three interests are to a
considerable extent interrelated. It is the policy of the state to protect and promote
each of these interests with due regard to the situation and to the rights of the
others.
(b)Industrial peace, regular and adequate income for the employee, and
uninterrupted production of goods and services are promotive of all of these
interests. They are largely dependent upon the maintenance of fair, friendly, and
mutually satisfactory employment relations and the
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(1) The public policy of the state as to
employment relations and collective bargaining, in the furtherance of which this
article 3 is enacted, is declared to be as follows:
(a) It recognizes that there are three major interests involved, namely: That
of the public, the employee, and the employer. These three interests are to a
considerable extent interrelated. It is the policy of the state to protect and promote
each of these interests with due regard to the situation and to the rights of the
others.
(b) Industrial peace, regular and adequate income for the employee, and
uninterrupted production of goods and services are promotive of all of these
interests. They are largely dependent upon the maintenance of fair, friendly, and
mutually satisfactory employment relations and the availability of suitable
machinery for the peaceful adjustment of whatever legitimate controversies may
arise. It is recognized that certain employers, including farmers and farmer
cooperatives, in addition to their general employer problems, face special problems
arising from perishable commodities and seasonal production which require
adequate consideration. It is also recognized that whatever may be the rights of
disputants with respect to each other in any controversy regarding employment
relations, they should not be permitted in the conduct of their controversy to
intrude directly or indirectly into the primary rights of third parties to earn a
livelihood, transact business, and engage in the ordinary affairs of life by any lawful
means and free from molestation, interference, intimidation, restraint, or coercion.
(c) Negotiations of terms and conditions of work should result from
voluntary agreement between employer and employee. For the purpose of such
negotiation, an employee has the right, if he desires, to associate with others in
organizing and bargaining collectively through representatives of his own free
choosing without intimidation or coercion from any source.
(d) All rights of persons to join labor organizations or unions and their rights
and privileges as members of labor organizations or unions should be recognized,
safeguarded, and protected. A person shall not be denied membership in a labor
organization or union on account of race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, national
origin, or ancestry or by any unfair or unjust discrimination. A labor organization or
union shall neither require arbitrary or excessive initiation fees and dues nor impose
excessive, unwarranted, arbitrary, or oppressive fines, penalties, or forfeitures. The
members are entitled to full and detailed reports from their officers, agents, or
representatives of all financial transactions and have the right to elect officers by
secret ballot and to determine and vote upon the question of striking, not striking,
and other questions of policy affecting the entire membership.
(e) In order to preserve and promote the interests of the public, the
employee, and the employer alike, the state shall establish standards of fair
conduct in employment relations and provide a convenient, expeditious, and
impartial tribunal by which these interests may have their respective rights and
obligations adjudicated, without limiting the jurisdiction of the courts to protect
property, and to prevent and punish the commission of unlawful acts. While limiting
individual and group rights of aggression and defense, the state substitutes
processes of justice for the more primitive methods of trial by combat.
(f) It is declared to be the common law of the state that no act which if done
by one person would constitute a crime under the common law or statutes of this
state is any less a crime if committed by two or more persons or corporations acting
in concert, and no act which under the common law or statutes of this state is a
wrongful act for which any person has a remedy against the wrongdoer if done by
one person is any less a remedial wrong if done by two or more persons or
corporations in concert, nor shall the injured person be denied relief in the courts of
this state in law or equity except as such relief may be expressly limited by statute.
(g) (I) The general assembly hereby finds and determines that the matters
contained in this article have important statewide ramifications for the labor force
in this state. The general assembly, therefore, declares that the matters contained
in this article are of statewide concern.
(II) to (III) Repealed.