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It is the right of workers and employees to form, join or assist unions, organizations or
associations for purposes of collective bargaining and negotiation and for mutual aid and
protection. It also refers to the right to engage in peaceful concerted activities or to participate in
policy and decision-making processes affecting their rights and benefits.
A workers association means any group of workers, including ambulant, intermittent, self-
employed, rural workers and those without definite employers, organized for mutual aid and
protection of its members or for any legitimate purpose other than collective bargaining.
None, provided that the required 20% membership of the bargaining unit is complied with.
Federation, national union or industry or trade union center or an independent union and
workers' associations become legitimate upon issuance of the certificate of registration by the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
A duly registered federation or national union may directly create a local/chapter by issuing a
charter certificate indicating the establishment of the local/chapter. a duly registered workers'
association may also charter any of its braches upon filing of the documents prescribed in
chartering and creation of a local/chapter.
The local/chapter shall acquire legal personality only for purposes of filing a petition for
certification election from the date the duly registered federation or national union issued a
charter certificate.
The local/chapter shall be entitled to all other rights and privileges of a legitimate labor
organization upon the submission of the following:
charter certificate
the names of the local/chapter's officers, their addresses, and the principal office of the
local/chapter; and
the chapter constitution and by-laws is the same as that of the federation, this fact shall
be indicated accordingly.
The Genuineness and appropriate execution of the supporting requirement shall be certified
under oath by the secretary or treasurer of the local/chapter and attested to by its president.
9.When may the Regional or BLR Director Inquire into the financial activities of a
legitimate labor organization?
The regional or BLR Director may inquire into the financial activities of any legitimate labor
organization and examine their books of accounts and other records to determine whether they
are complying with the law and the organization's constitution and by-laws upon the filing of a
request or complaint for the conduct of an accounts examination by any member of the labor
organization, supported by the written consent of at least twenty (20%) percent of its total
membership ( Art. 274 of the Labor Code, as amended).
c) voluntary dissolution of the members. However, at least 2/3 of its general membership should
vote to dissolve the organization in a meeting called for that purpose and that the application to
cancel the registration is submitted by the board of the organization. It shall be attested to by the
president.
Any legitimate labor organization or its concerned member(s) may file a complaint or petition
involving intra/inter-union disputes or issues. When the issue involves the entire membership of
the labor organization, the complaint or petition shall be supported by at least thirty percent
(30%) of its members.