Practice question
After the freedom period closes but before the scheduled certification election, an AFP unit assists a campaign urging workers not to support a named union. It says the protection ended with the sixty days. Which is sound under the adopted guidelines?
- The end of sixty days automatically permits military election campaigning.
- The stated prohibition expressly extends through the actual certification election.
- The AFP may dictate the union’s platform.
- Employees lose all organizational rights once a petition is filed.
- Only management’s consent is needed.
Legal references
- Executive Order 97, September 19, 2025, adopting annexed JMO 1 (2024), especially Part VI paragraph 8 and Part IX paragraph 11: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/100030
- RA 9481, Section 12, inserting Article 258-A (now Article 271), employer as bystander: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9481_2007.html
- PICOP Resources v. Taneca, G.R. No. 160828, August 9, 2010, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/54227
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