IB-3-12-2024-LEGAL-CASE-54

Petitioner Cooperative Rural Bank of Davao City, Inc. is a cooperative banking corporation operating in Davao City. It is owned in part by the Government and its employees are members and co-owners of the same. The petitioner has around _______ rank-and-file employees.

• 16

• 17

• 15

• 14

Those who are not managerial employees nor supervisory employees. Some examples, Bank Teller. Cashier. Assembly Line Worker. Cleaning Staff Member.

The process in which working people, through their unions (an organization formed by workers who join together and use their strength to have a voice in their workplace, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies.

Registered under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and is affiliated with International Labor Organization (ILO) with the mission to help workers from different sectors of society unite in a trade union.

Is a labor official designated by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the Philippines.  Functions in the resolution of labor disputes between employers and employees or their respective labor organizations.

Cooperative Rural Bank filed an MR. It called attention to an Opinion rendered by then Solicitor General and Minister of Justice Estelito P. Mendoza dated _____________, which stated that employees of an electric cooperative who are themselves members/co-owners of the same cannot form or join labor organizations for purposes of collective bargaining.

• August 14, 1982

• August 14, 1981

• August 15, 1982

• August 15, 1981

A legal process conducted by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) or the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through its regional offices. The purpose of a certification election is to determine the choice of the employees in selecting their exclusive bargaining representative or union.

Cooperative Rural Bank filed an Appeal Memorandum and sought a reversal of the Order of the Med-Arbiter. It argues that, except:

• a cooperative is not covered by the Rules governing certification elections inasmuch as it is not an institution operating for profit.

• two of the alleged rank-and-file employees seeking the certification election are managerial employees disqualified from joining concerted labor activities.

• voluntary arbitrator and the Court of Appeals found that reinstatement is no longer possible due to the fact that respondent has been continuously suffering business losses.

Issued a Resolution affirming the Order of the Med-Arbiter and dismissing the Appeal.

A cooperative is defined to mean "organizations composed primarily of small producers and of consumers who voluntarily join together to form business enterprises which they themselves own, control, and patronize."

• Section 2 of P.D. No. 175

• Section 2 of P.D. No. 174

• Section 3 of P.D. No. 175

• Section 3 of P.D. No. 174