Practice question
An organization is a lawful union but is not the employees’ bargaining representative. The sole charge is refusal to bargain under Article 260(c), and no other ULP is alleged. Can legitimate organizational status alone supply the provision’s representative condition?
- Yes, every union must bargain for every workplace
- No; the clause applies provided it is the employees’ representative
- Yes, registration alone makes it the representative of everyone
- Yes, employers may select any rival as representative
- Yes, representative status is expressly irrelevant
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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