Practice question
Under RA 9481, what is the effect of including employees outside the bargaining unit as union members?
- The union’s registration is automatically cancelled
- The employer acquires ownership of the union
- The employees are automatically deemed removed from the union membership list; their inclusion alone is not a cancellation ground
- The employees acquire managerial authority
- All bargaining-unit employees lose their organizing rights
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9481_2007.html — RA 9481, sections 3, 5, 8–9: exclusive cancellation grounds, supervisory-unit separation and effect of outside-unit membership.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/aug2022/gr_197089_2022.html — Asian Institute of Management Faculty Association v. Asian Institute of Management, G.R. 197089 and 207971, August 31, 2022, main decision: disqualified members, inclusion-exclusion and registration cannot be collaterally attacked.
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