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Practice question: Right to Association

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Practice question

A union asserts that freedom of association means no legislature may ever recognize a limited religious exemption from compulsory union membership. It cites its own associational interests as automatically conclusive. Which response follows Victoriano's treatment of the statutory exemption before it?
  1. Every union-security clause is necessarily void
  2. The Court upheld the particular religious exemption; associational interests did not automatically defeat the accommodation
  3. Every worker has unconditional immunity from every union obligation
  4. Religious objections categorically eliminate all collective bargaining
  5. The Court prohibited all unions

Legal references

  • Victoriano v. Elizalde Rope Workers Union, G.R. No. L-25246, September 12, 1974, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1974/sep1974/gr_l_25246_1974.html

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