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    1) Samahang Manggagawa sa Permex (SMP) formed after a certification election where "No Union" won. SMP registered with the Department of Labor and affiliated with PIILU, then requested recognition from Permex Producer as the sole bargaining agent which was granted. 2) National Federation of Labor later filed again for a certification election which was dismissed. SMP argued it had majority support and voluntary recognition was valid. 3) The court held that under prior rulings, the employer does not have authority to grant voluntary recognition and determine the bargaining agent - that authority lies with the employees through a certification election process.

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    1) Samahang Manggagawa sa Permex (SMP) formed after a certification election where "No Union" won. SMP registered with the Department of Labor and affiliated with PIILU, then requested recognition from Permex Producer as the sole bargaining agent which was granted. 2) National Federation of Labor later filed again for a certification election which was dismissed. SMP argued it had majority support and voluntary recognition was valid. 3) The court held that under prior rulings, the employer does not have authority to grant voluntary recognition and determine the bargaining agent - that authority lies with the employees through a certification election process.

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    1) Samahang Manggagawa sa Permex (SMP) formed after a certification election where "No Union" won. SMP registered with the Department of Labor and affiliated with PIILU, then requested recognition from Permex Producer as the sole bargaining agent which was granted. 2) National Federation of Labor later filed again for a certification election which was dismissed. SMP argued it had majority support and voluntary recognition was valid. 3) The court held that under prior rulings, the employer does not have authority to grant voluntary recognition and determine the bargaining agent - that authority lies with the employees through a certification election process.

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    Samahang Manggagawa Sa PREMEX V Sec of Labor 1st Case

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    Samahang Manggagawa sa PREMEX v. Sec.

    of Labor, 286 SCRA 692 (1998)

    FACTS: A certification election was conducted among employees (No Union & National Federation of
    Labor) of respondent Permex Producer and Exporter Corporation with ‘No Union’ winning. Later however,
    some employees of Permex Producer formed a labor organization known as the Samahang Manggagawa
    sa Permex (SMP) which they registered with the Department of Labor and Employment and then affiliated
    with the Philippine Integrated Industries Labor Union (PIILU). (SMP-PIILU) wrote the respondent company
    requesting recognition as the sole and exclusive bargaining representative of employees at the Permex
    Producer and was granted. They then entered into a CBA. A year later, National Fedration Labor filed again
    for a petition for certification election but was dismissed. Two arguments are put forth in support of the
    petition. First, it is contended that petitioner has been recognized by the majority of the employees at
    Permex Producer as their sole collective bargaining agent. Petitioner argues that when a group of
    employees constituting themselves into an organization and claiming to represent a majority of the work
    force requests the employer to bargain collectively, the employer may do one of two things.

    First, if the employer is satisfied with the employees’ claim, the employer may voluntarily
    recognize the union by merely bargaining collectively with it. The formal written confirmation is ordinarily
    stated in the collective bargaining agreement.

    Second, if on the other hand, the employer refuses to recognize the union voluntarily, it may
    petition the Bureau of Labor Relations to conduct a certification election. If the employer does not submit
    a petition for certification election, the union claiming to represent the employees may submit the
    petition so that it may be directly certified as the employees’ representative or a certification election
    may be held.

    ISSUE: Whether or not Samahang Manggagawa sa Permex-Philippine Integrated Industries Labor Union
    (SMP- PIILU) should be recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining representative of the employees.

    HELD: NO.

    As held in the case of Ilaw at Buklod ng Manggagawa v. Ferrer-Calleja

    “. . . Ordinarily, in an unorganized establishment like the Calasiao Beer Region, it is the union that files a
    petition for a certification election if there is no certified bargaining agent for the workers in the
    establishment. If a union asks the employer to voluntarily recognize it as the bargaining agent of the
    employees, as the petitioner did, it in effect asks the employer to certify it as the bargaining representative
    of the employees — A CERTIFICATION WHICH THE EMPLOYER HAS NO AUTHORITYTO GIVE, for it is the
    employees’ prerogative (not the employer’s) to determine whether they want a union to represent them,
    and, if so, which one it should be.”

    In accordance with this ruling, Permex Producer should not have given its voluntary recognition to SMP-
    PIILU-TUCP when the latter asked for recognition as exclusive collective bargaining agent of the employees
    of the company. The company did not have the power to declare the union the exclusive representative
    of the workers for the purpose of collective bargaining. It is not enough that a union has the support of
    the majority of the employees. It is equally important that everyone in the bargaining unit be given the
    opportunity to express himself.

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