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Practice question: Strike, Picketing, and Lockout

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A corporation has nine directors. Four approve a lockout and five do not. Assuming this is the entire board, has the majority requirement been met?
  1. Yes, the employer never needs a vote
  2. Yes, four is a majority of nine
  3. Yes, any director may authorize a lockout alone
  4. No
  5. Yes, the union may supply the missing board vote

Legal references

  • Labor Code, Articles 259-260, 278-279 and 294 (formerly 248-249, 263-264 and 279), as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html

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