“It is the purpose of this section [enacting this section and amending sections 173 and 186 of this title]—“(1) to improve communication between representatives of labor and management;
“(2) to provide workers and employers with opportunities to study and explore new and innovative joint approaches to achieving organizational effectiveness;
“(3) to assist workers and employers in solving problems of mutual concern not susceptible to resolution within the collective bargaining process;
“(4) to study and explore ways of eliminating potential problems which reduce the competitiveness and inhibit the economic development of the plant, area or industry;
“(5) to enhance the involvement of workers in making decisions that affect their working lives;
“(6) to expand and improve working relationships between workers and managers; and
“(7) to encourage free collective bargaining by establishing continuing mechanisms for communication between employers and their employees through Federal assistance to the formation and operation of labor management committees.”
