Amendment to R.A. No. 875 Re: Labor Union Membership as Condition for Employment
Republic Act No. 3350, enacted on June 18, 1961, amends a provision of Republic Act No. 875 regarding labor organization membership as a condition of employment. The amendment allows employers to require employees to join a labor organization, provided that the organization represents the employees and does not apply to members of religious sects that prohibit such affiliation. This Act took effect immediately upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on May 28, 1962.
June 18, 1961
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3350
AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPH (4), SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE
SECTION 1. Paragraph (4), subsection (a) of Section four of Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred seventy-five is hereby amended by providing an exception to the application of the proviso, and as amended should read as follows:
"(4) Provided, That nothing in this Act or in any Act or statute of the Republic of the Philippines shall preclude an employer from making an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein, if such labor organization is the representative of the employees as provided in Section twelve, but such agreement shall not cover members of any religious sects which prohibit affiliation of their members in any such labor organization."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Enacted without Executive approval, June 18, 1961.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 58, No. 22, p. 4273 on May 28, 1962