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HRS §377-4

Your rights to join or skip a union at work

This law gives employees the right to organize, join or help a union, bargain together through chosen representatives, and take part in lawful group activities for mutual help. It also gives the right to refuse these activities, except when a union agreement requires membership.

employees

The statute, as written — Rights of employees

Employees shall have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and such employees shall also have the right to refrain from any and all such activities, provided that employees may be required to join a union under an all-union agreement as provided in section 377-6(3).
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§377-6 What employers cannot do to workers or unions

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