Practice question
A covered strike is already ongoing when a valid Article 278(g) order issues. Which reciprocal response does the statute require?
- Only the employees must act.
- Only management must act.
- Both sides may wait for a final merits award.
- The employer may reopen only after the union abandons every demand.
- Employees immediately return, and the employer resumes operations and readmits them on the pre-strike terms and conditions.
Legal references
- Labor Code, DOLE consolidated 2022 edition, Articles 219, 258–260, 262–264, 274 and 278–279: https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/15242/PHL15242%202022.pdf; Articles 278(g)–(i) and 279(a).
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