California Senate Bill SB299 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 299INTRODUCED BILL TEXT 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. State-mandated 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   sta   te  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.