Section 1. Declaration of Policy. —
It is the policy of this Act:
To eliminate the causes of industrial unrest by encouraging and protecting the exercise by employees of their right to self-organization for the purpose of collective bargaining and for the promotion of their moral, social, and economic well-being.
To promote sound stable industrial peace and the advancement of the general welfare, health and safety and the best interests of employers and employees by the settlement of issues respecting terms and conditions of employment through the process of collective bargaining between employers and representatives of their employees.
To advance the settlement of issues between employers and employees through collective bargaining by making available full and adequate governmental facilities for conciliation and mediation to aid and encourage employers and representatives of their employees in reaching and maintaining agreements concerning terms and conditions of employment and in making all reasonable efforts to settle their differences by mutual agreement; and
To avoid or minimize differences which arise between the parties to collective bargaining by prescribing certain rules to be followed in the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements and by requiring the inclusion in any such agreement of provisions for adequate notice of any proposed changes in the terms of such agreements, for the final adjustment of grievances or questions regarding the application or interpretation of such agreements and other provisions designated to prevent the subsequent arising of such controversies.