# Cal. LAB § 923: Section 923

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## Section

- **Citation:** Cal. LAB § 923
- **Heading:** Section 923
- **Jurisdiction:** California
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** California Code / Code lab / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 923

## Text

In the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of this State 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 employers to organize in the corporate and other forms of capital control. In dealing with such employers, the individual unorganized worker is helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment. Therefore it is necessary that the individual workman 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.

## Nearby sections

- [Cal. LAB § 920 Section 920](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Clab_D2_P3_C1_S920.md)
- [Cal. LAB § 921 Section 921](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Clab_D2_P3_C1_S921.md)
- [Cal. LAB § 922 Section 922](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Clab_D2_P3_C1_S922.md)
- [Cal. LAB § 923 Section 923](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Clab_D2_P3_C1_S923.md)
- [Cal. LAB § 923.1 Section 923.1](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Clab_D2_P3_C1_S923.1.md)
- [Cal. LAB § 925 Section 925](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Clab_D2_P3_C1_S925.md)
- [Cal. LAB § 926 Section 926](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Clab_D2_P3_C1_S926.md)
- [Cal. LAB § 927 Section 927](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CA_Clab_D2_P3_C1_S927.md)

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