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Practice question: Mandatory Activities

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A legitimate union proposes converting part of an existing strike fund into a labor education and research fund. Does Rule XX, Section 3 categorically prohibit that source?
  1. Yes; no strike-fund money may ever support education.
  2. Yes; education must always be financed by the employer.
  3. Yes; only individual officers may finance education.
  4. Yes; labor education may never have a special fund.
  5. No; the rule expressly allows all or part of an existing strike fund to be transformed for that purpose.

Legal references

  • https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/natlex2/files/download/64990/PHL64990.pdf — DOLE Department Order 40-03, Rule XX, Sections 1–3.
  • https://library.laborlaw.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2022.Labor_.Code_.DOLE-edition.pdf — Labor Code Article 250(p) [241(p)].

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