Section 1. For the purposes of this Act, a legitimate labor organization is an
organization, association, or union of laborers duly registered and
permitted to operate by the Department of Labor, and governed by a
constitution and by-laws not repugnant to or inconsistent with the laws
of the Philippines.
Section 2. All associations which are duly organized
and registered with, and permitted to operate by, the Department of
Labor, shall have the right to collective bargaining with employers for
the purpose of seeking better working and living conditions, fair
wages, and shorter working hours for laborers, and, in general, to
promote the material, social and moral well-being of their members, and
no labor organization shall be denied such registration and permission
to operate, except such whose object is to undermine and destroy the
constituted government or to violate any law or laws of the
Philippines, in which case it shall be refused registration and
permission to operate as a legitimate labor organization. The
registration of, and the issuance of a permit to any legitimate labor
organization shall entitle it to all the rights and privileges granted
by law.
Section 3. An application to register and operate a
legitimate labor organization, accompanied by a copy of the
Constitution and by-laws thereof, shall be filed with the Secretary of
Labor, who shall conduct an investigation of the activities of the
applying labor organization and if, on such investigation, it shall
appear that the applicant is entitled to registration, he shall issue a
permit therefor upon payment of the registration fee of five pesos:
Provided, however, That any permit issued by the Secretary of labor to
any legitimate labor organization shall last for a period of two years
only from the date of issue, but it may be renewed for like periods
upon payment of a renewal fee of three pesos for each renewal permit.
Section 4. Every legitimate labor organization duly
registered and permitted to operate in accordance with the provisions
of this Act, shall keep a book and records containing a list of its
members in alphabetical order and the minutes of its meetings, and
shall submit to the Secretary of Labor a report at least once a year,
within thirty days after the anniversary of the date when its
permission to operate was granted, on its fiscal and other activities
during the preceding year. Failure to comply with these requirements
shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of the permit issued to
any defaulting legitimate labor organization. The Secretary of Labor,
or his duly authorized agent, shall have power to inquire from time to
time, into the activities of any registered legitimate labor
organization, and to examine its books and other records to determine
compliance or noncompliance with the laws.
Section 5. Any person or persons, landlord or
landlords, corporation or corporations or their agents, partnership or
partnerships or their agents, who intimidate or coerce any employee or
laborer or tenant under his or their employ, with the intent of
preventing such employee or laborer or tenant from joining any
registered legitimate labor organization of his own choosing or, who
dismiss or threaten to dismiss such employee or laborer or tenant from
his employment for having joined, or for being a member of, any
registered legitimate labor organization, shall be guilty of a felony
and shall be punished by imprisonment of not exceeding one year or a
fine not exceeding one thousand pesos, or both, at the discretion of
the court.
Section 6. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
APPROVED: November 21, 1936
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