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Practice question: Union Security Clauses

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Practice question

What is the basic function of a valid union-security clause in a collective bargaining agreement?
  1. To make specified union-membership obligations a condition of employment, within legal limits.
  2. To abolish employees’ statutory rights.
  3. To authorize dismissal without evidence.
  4. To permit management to select union officers.
  5. To extend the CBA automatically to every company in the country.

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; Article 259(e).
  • Alabang Country Club v NLRC, G.R. No. 170287, February 14, 2008, union-security requisites and due process: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/feb2008/gr_170287_2008.html
  • Victoriano v Elizalde Rope Workers’ Union, G.R. No. L-25246, September 12, 1974, religious exemption: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1974/sep1974/gr_l_25246_1974.html

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