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    Reyes v. Trajano

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    1) INK members, who were employees of a company, were prohibited from voting in a certification election for a labor union due to their religious affiliation with Iglesia ni Kristo, which prohibits joining unions. 2) The INK members filed a petition challenging the election results, which was denied by the Med-Arbiter and Bureau of Labor Relations. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that the INK members have the right to vote in certification elections based on the Labor Code, which guarantees all employees the right to self-organization and to join or assist labor organizations.

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    Reyes v. Trajano

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    1) INK members, who were employees of a company, were prohibited from voting in a certification election for a labor union due to their religious affiliation with Iglesia ni Kristo, which prohibits joining unions. 2) The INK members filed a petition challenging the election results, which was denied by the Med-Arbiter and Bureau of Labor Relations. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that the INK members have the right to vote in certification elections based on the Labor Code, which guarantees all employees the right to self-organization and to join or assist labor organizations.

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    1) INK members, who were employees of a company, were prohibited from voting in a certification election for a labor union due to their religious affiliation with Iglesia ni Kristo, which prohibits joining unions. 2) The INK members filed a petition challenging the election results, which was denied by the Med-Arbiter and Bureau of Labor Relations. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that the INK members have the right to vote in certification elections based on the Labor Code, which guarantees all employees the right to self-organization and to join or assist labor organizations.

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    Reyes v. Trajano

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    1) INK members, who were employees of a company, were prohibited from voting in a certification election for a labor union due to their religious affiliation with Iglesia ni Kristo, which prohibits joining unions. 2) The INK members filed a petition challenging the election results, which was denied by the Med-Arbiter and Bureau of Labor Relations. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that the INK members have the right to vote in certification elections based on the Labor Code, which guarantees all employees the right to self-organization and to join or assist labor organizations.

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    Case Title: REYES VS TRAJANO

    Citation: G.R. No. 84433


    Date: June 2, 1992

    FACTS:
    The certification election was authorized to be conducted by the Bureau of
    Labor Relations on Oct 20, 1987.
    The “CHALLENGED” votes of 141 INK members were segregated and
    excluded from the final count in virtue of an agreement between the
    competing unions, reached at the pre-election conference, that the INK
    members should not be allowed to vote "because they are not members of
    any union and refused to participate in the previous certification elections.
    INK members filed a petition to cancel the election alleging that it "was not
    fair" and the result thereof did "not reflect the true sentiments of the
    majority of the employees. TUEU-OLALIA opposed the petition. It contended
    that the petitioners" do not have legal personality to protest the results of
    the election," because "they are not members of either contending unit, but
    of the INK" which prohibits its followers, on religious grounds, from joining
    or forming any labor organization.
    The Med-Arbiter saw no merit in the INK employees’ petition. By Order
    dated December 21, 1987, he certified the TUEU-OLALlA as the sole and
    exclusive bargaining agent of the rank-and-file employees. In that Order he
    decried the fact that "religious belief was (being) utilized to render
    meaningless the rights of the non-members of the Iglesia ni Kristo to
    exercise the rights to be represented by a labor organization as the
    bargaining agent," and declared the petitioners as "not possessed of any
    legal personality to institute this present cause of action" since they were not
    parties to the petition for certification election.
    INK members appealed to Bureau of Labor Relations. Bureau of Labor
    Relations sustained the decision of Med-Arbiter. Hence, this case.
    ISSUE:
    Whether or not the INK members have the right to vote in the certification
    election?

    HELD:
    YES. The INK members have the right to vote in the certification election (for
    labor union).
    Guaranteed to all employees or workers is the "right to self-organization and
    to form, join, or assist labor organizations of their own choosing for purposes
    of collective bargaining.
    Art 243 of Labor Code provides, 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.

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