Practice question
An employer refuses to meet the duly recognized bargaining representative solely because it dislikes collective bargaining. Which statement best applies?
- Dislike excuses the statutory duty.
- The duty may require good-faith bargaining even though agreement to particular proposals is not compelled.
- The employer must instead accept every proposal without discussion.
- No bargaining duty exists unless a strike has begun.
- The union immediately becomes owner of the enterprise.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution Article XIII Section 3: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- SONEDCO Workers Free Labor Union v Universal Robina, G.R. 220383, October 5, 2016, main opinion; Article 263[252]: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/oct2016/gr_220383_2016.html
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