§380-2  Statement of public policy.  Inthe interpretation of this chapter and in determining the jurisdiction andauthority of the courts of the State, as such jurisdiction and authority aredefined and limited in this chapter, the public policy of the State is declaredas follows:

Whereas under prevailing economic conditions,developed with the aid of governmental authority for owners of property toorganize in the corporate and other forms of ownership association, theindividual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual libertyof contract and to protect the worker's freedom of labor, and thereby to obtainacceptable terms and conditions of employment, wherefore, though the workershould be free to decline to associate with the worker's fellows, it isnecessary that the worker have full freedom of association, self-organization,and designation of representatives of the worker's own choosing, to negotiatethe terms and conditions of the worker's employment, and that the worker shallbe free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, ortheir agents, in the designation of such representatives or inself-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose ofcollective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; therefore, thefollowing definitions of and limitations upon the jurisdiction and authority ofthe courts of the State are enacted. [L 1963, c 200, §2; Supp, §90B-2; HRS§380-2; gen ch 1985]