What is Union?

/Employees’
Organization
• A union is an organized group of workers who collectively use
their strength to have a voice in their workplace. Through a
union, workers have a right to impact wages, work hours,
benefits, workplace health and safety, job training and other
work-related issues.
• It refers to any labor organization organized for collective
bargaining or negotiation and for other legitimate purposes.
TYPES OF UNIONS IN
THE PHILIPPINES
PUBLIC SECTOR UNION refers to any
or PUBLIC EMPLOYEES organization, union or
ORGANIZATION association of
employees in the
agencies of
government which
exist in whole or in part
for the purpose of
collective negotiations
or mutual aid, interest,
cooperation and
protection.
PRIVATE SECTOR UNION refers to any union or
or LABOR ORGANIZATION association of
employees in the
private sector which
exist in whole or in
part for the purpose
of collective
bargaining or mutual
aid, interest,
cooperation,
protection or other
lawful purposes.
• Labor organizations Formal sector refers to
are classified into two organization with
FORMAL and employee-employer
INFORMAL SECTOR. relationship, also
known as Enterprise-
Based Unions it is
composed of
Chartered Local,
Affiliate and
Independent Unions.
Informal sector refers
to organization with no
definite employer.
WORKERS ASSOCIATION refers to an
association of
workers organized
for mutual aid and
protection of tis
members or for any
legitimate purpose
other than collective
bargaining.
SAMPLE OF TRADE
UNIONS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 Full name May First
Labor
Movement
Native name Kilusang Mayo
Uno
Founded May 1, 1980;
38 years ago
Affiliation Bayan, ITUC, W
FTU, IMwF
Key people Elmer Labog,
Chairman
Office location Quezon
KILUSANG MAYO UNO City, Metro
Manila
Country Philippines
Website www.kilusang
mayouno.org
 Full name Trade Union
Congress of the
Philippines
(TUCP)
Native name Katipunan ng
Manggagawang
Pilipino (KMP)
Founded 1975
Affiliation ITUC
Key people Ernesto F.
Herrera, PhD,
president
Office location Quezon City, the
TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF Philippines
THE PHILIPPINES
Country The Philippines
Website http://www.tucp
.org.ph
 Founded 19 June 1950

Members 200,000
Affiliation ITUC, ITUC-Asia
Pacific, BWI, EI
and
INDUSTRIALL
Key people Atty. Jose Sonny
Matula, National
President
Office FFW Building,
location 1943 Taft
FEDERATION OF FREE Avenue,
WORKERS Malate, Manila,
Philippines
Country Philippines
PRIVATE SECTOR
UNION or LABOR
ORGANIZATION
 2,600 workers
lost their job
Hoya closed the
company to
avoid
incurring losses

Hoya Glass Disk

Philippines
 Nestle Philippines
• 600 workers
• went on strike
• 23 strike-related
• deaths
• settled in
• December 2013
PUBLIC SECTOR
UNION or PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES
ORGANIZATION
25,000 'frustrated' workers to march on Labor Day vs govt
failure to address poverty, inequality
 Unions forge unity drive vs asbestos
from November 15, 2012 01:00 am to November 15, 2012 01:00 am
WORKERS
ASSOCIATION