Luke’s management to negotiate “when there is a legitimate petition to question the majority status of the incumbent bargaining agent.” He cited Article 256 of the Labor Code, which deemed it illegal for the St. Luke's Medical Center (BGC) Employees Union-Independent, said the hospital management “willfully engaged in unfair labor practice” when it chose to bargain with another group. Under the labor laws, a certification election is the process of determining-through a secret ballot-the sole end exclusive bargaining agent of all employees in a bargaining unit. The Labor Department issued the order for a certification election last July. Luke’s Medical Center in Bonifacio Global City filed the notice against the hospital management on Thursday, after the latter failed to hold a certification election that would determine the employees’ rightful representative in collective bargaining negotiations. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 26)- The labor union of a high-end hospital in Taguig City has filed a notice of strike, claiming that its management disregarded an order from the Labor Department concerning employer-employee bargaining policies.
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