§ 102400 Employee Collective Bargaining Rights

Public Utilities Code·California

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This law says workers can join together, form or help a union, pick their own representatives, and bargain together for better pay, benefits, or protection.

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•Workers can organize themselves and join a union.
•They can pick their own representatives to talk with the employer.
•They are allowed to work together to ask for better pay, safety, or other help.

Example

A group of employees at a grocery store want higher wages and better break times.

They can form a union, choose a leader, and negotiate with the store owner for those changes without being punished.

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§ 102400 Employee Collective Bargaining Rights

Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist employee organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 492, Sec. 3. (SB 598) Effective January 1, 2022.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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self-organization collective bargaining concerted activities mutual aid or protection

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 102400.

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