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    Manila Electric Company v. Secretary of Labor and Employment

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    This document summarizes a labor case from May 20, 1991 regarding whether certain Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) employees could join a labor organization. It was determined that: 1) While security guards were previously barred from joining rank-and-file unions, the new RA 6715 law allows them to join either rank-and-file or supervisory unions, depending on their rank. 2) Employees with pay grades of VII and above are considered supervisory, not rank-and-file. 3) Even employees with the rank of department manager have recommendatory powers subject to review by higher executives, so they are also considered supervisory.

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    This document summarizes a labor case from May 20, 1991 regarding whether certain Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) employees could join a labor organization. It was determined that: 1) While security guards were previously barred from joining rank-and-file unions, the new RA 6715 law allows them to join either rank-and-file or supervisory unions, depending on their rank. 2) Employees with pay grades of VII and above are considered supervisory, not rank-and-file. 3) Even employees with the rank of department manager have recommendatory powers subject to review by higher executives, so they are also considered supervisory.

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    This document summarizes a labor case from May 20, 1991 regarding whether certain Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) employees could join a labor organization. It was determined that: 1) While security guards were previously barred from joining rank-and-file unions, the new RA 6715 law allows them to join either rank-and-file or supervisory unions, depending on their rank. 2) Employees with pay grades of VII and above are considered supervisory, not rank-and-file. 3) Even employees with the rank of department manager have recommendatory powers subject to review by higher executives, so they are also considered supervisory.

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    Manila Electric Company v. Secretary of Labor and Employment

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    Manila Electric Company v.

    Secretary of Labor and Employment


    May 20, 1991

    Doctrine: Security guards may now join labor organizations, dependning on their rank.

    On November 22, 1988, the Staff and Technical Employees Association of MERALCO
    (STEAM-PCWF), a labor organization of staff and technical employees of MERALCO, filed a
    petition for certification election, seeking to represent regular employees of MERALCO. 

    MERALCO moved for the dismissal of the petition on the grounds that the employees
    sought to be represented by petitioner are either 
     managerial [according to MERALCO employees with SG VII and above are managerial]
    who are prohibited by law from forming or joining supervisory union, 
     security services personnel who are prohibited from joining or assisting the rank-and-file
    union, 
     secretaries who do not consent to the petitioner’s representation and whom petitioner
    cannot represent, and 
     rank-and-file employees represented already by the certified or duly recognized
    bargaining representative of the only rank-and-file bargaining unit in the company.

    Are employees with pay grade  VII  and up managerial? NO

    Employees belonging to Pay Grades VII and up are supervisory. In fact the petition itself of
    petitioner Manila Electric Company on page 9, paragraph 3 of the petition stated as follows, to
    wit: There was no need for petitioner to prove that these employees are not rank-and-file. As
    adverted to above, the private respondents admit that these are not the rank-and-file but  the
    supervisory employees, whom they seek to represent. 
    In fact, although employees with Pay Grade XV carry the Rank of Department
    Managers, these employees only enjoy the Rank Manager but their recommendatory powers
    are subject to evaluation, review and final action by the department heads and other higher
    executives of the company. 

    Can security guards join rank-and-file or supervisors union? YES

    While under the old rules security guards were barred from joining a labor organization of the
    rank and file, under RA 6715, they may now freely join a labor organization of the rank and file
    or that of the supervisory union, depending on their rank.

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