Practice question
During the freedom period, a police unit assists a management-funded seminar whose stated aim is to persuade employees not to vote for a named union. It calls the event neutral education. Which is sound?
- Calling the seminar neutral conclusively makes it lawful.
- Employer funding exempts police from the guidelines.
- Police may campaign for any preferred union.
- The actual anti-union purpose falls within the guidelines’ prohibition despite the label.
- The freedom period suspends workers’ choice.
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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