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HRS §381-13

Workers keep their right to organize and bargain

This section says that nothing in this chapter takes away workers' rights to form or join a union, choose their own representatives, bargain together, and act together for mutual help. But when this chapter applies, workers must follow it.

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The statute, as written — Labor organizations, collective bargaining

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair, curtail, or destroy the rights of employees and their representatives to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; provided that in so doing this chapter, when applicable, shall be followed and complied with.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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