Book V — Labor Relations
Article 243Coverage and employees right to self-organization.
ELI5— what this means for you
All workers in commercial, industrial, agricultural, religious, charitable, medical, or educational establishments have the right to self-organization and to join or form unions for collective bargaining. Even informal, freelance, and rural workers can form mutual aid organizations.
Key point
Every Filipino worker has the right to join or form a union. This is constitutionally and legally protected.
Official text — PD 442
Coverage and employees right to self-organization.
All persons employed in commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises and in religious, charitable, medical, or educational institutions, whether operating for profit or not, shall have the right to self-organization and to form, join, or assist labor organizations of their own choosing for purposes of collective bargaining. Ambulant, intermittent and itinerant workers, self-employed people, rural workers and those without any definite employers may form labor organizations for their mutual aid and protection. (As amended by Batas Pambansa Bilang 70, May 1, 1980)
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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