22 GCA § 5302: Statement of Public Policy.

In the interpretation of this Chapter and in determining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the territory, as such jurisdiction and authority are defined and limited in this Chapter, the public policy of the territory is declared as follows:

Under prevailing economic conditions, developed with the

aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize

in 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 declare to associate with

his fellows, it is necessary that he have full freedom of association

and self-organization, and in the designation of representatives of

his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his

employment, and that he 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 activities of mutual aid or protection; therefore, the

following definitions of and limitations upon the jurisdiction and

authority of the courts of the territory are enacted.