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Labor Organization
Labor Organizations
• However, only registered, thus legitimate labor organizations, can qualify for
collective bargaining, file a petition of certification election, declare a legal
strike, etc.
Classifications of Labor
Organizations
• Macro-Labor Organizations
• National Union/Federation
• Industry Union
• Trade Union Center
• Union or Worker’s Alliance
• Micro-Labor Relations
• Independent Union
• Chartered Local
National Union/Federation
• Take note of the Registration requirements
• Where to file: Regional Office/BLR but shall be processed and acted upon by the BLR
• Trade Union Centers cannot issue or create charters. (SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION
EMPLOYEES UNION–PHILIPPINE TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS
ORGANIZATION (SMCEU–PTGWO) vs. SAN MIGUEL PACKAGING PRODUCTS
EMPLOYEES UNION–PAMBANSANG DIWA NG MANGGAGAWANG PILIPINO
(SMPPEU–PDMP), G.R. No. 171153, September 12, 2007)
Independent Unions
• Again, take note of the registration requirements.
• The legal personality of the chartered local becomes a reality upon issuance
of certificate of registration. However, the mere issuance of a charter
certificate gives the chartered local tentative legal personality to file a
petition for certification election.
Affiliation
• An affiliate may refer to:
• The question of what affiliation means is answered by the reasons why unions
enter into an affiliation agreement.
• Why disaffiliate?
• When to disaffiliate?
• How to disaffiliate?
Merger/Consolidation
• This refers to merger and consolidation of unions, not of employers.
• Factors to be determined?