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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 102. Public policy in labor matters declared
In the interpretation of this chapter and in determining the
jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the United States, as
such jurisdiction and authority are defined and limited in this
chapter, the public policy of the United States is declared as
follows:
Whereas under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the
aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in
the corporate and other forms of ownership association, the
individual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise
actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom of labor, and
thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment,
wherefore, though he should be free to decline to associate with
his fellows, it is necessary that he have full freedom of
association, self-organization, and designation of representatives
of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his
employment, and that he shall be free from the interference,
restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in
the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or
in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective
bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; therefore, the
following definitions of and limitations upon the jurisdiction and
authority of the courts of the United States are enacted.
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