The salient features of the Protection to Labor provision of the Constitution (Article XIII. Section 3) are as follows:
1. Extent of Protection – Full protection to labor;
2. Coverage of Protection – Local and overseas, organized and unorganized;
3. Employment Policy – Full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all;
4. Guarantees
4.1. Unionism and Method of Determination Conditions of Employment – Right of all workers to self-organization, collective bargaining and negotiations.
4.2. Concerted Activities – Right to engage in peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with law.
4.3. Working Conditions – Right to security of tenure, humane conditions of work and a living wage.
4.4. Decision Making Processes – Right to participate hi policy and decision making processes affecting their rights and benefits as way to provided by law.
5. Share in Fruits of production – Recognition of right of labor to its just share in fruits of production.
(Lifted from “Answers to Bar Examination Questions in Labor Law and Social Legislation”, Atty. Icao, 2005)
