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Constitutional Provisions On Labor

The document outlines several constitutional provisions in the Philippines related to labor and social justice: 1. It establishes the state's duty to promote social justice, protect human rights, and ensure prosperity and independence for all people. 2. It protects the rights of workers to organize, engage in collective bargaining, and participate in policy decisions affecting their rights and benefits. 3. It promotes shared responsibility between workers and employers and regulates their relations to foster industrial peace.

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Constitutional Provisions On Labor

The document outlines several constitutional provisions in the Philippines related to labor and social justice: 1. It establishes the state's duty to promote social justice, protect human rights, and ensure prosperity and independence for all people. 2. It protects the rights of workers to organize, engage in collective bargaining, and participate in policy decisions affecting their rights and benefits. 3. It promotes shared responsibility between workers and employers and regulates their relations to foster industrial peace.

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1987 Constitutional Provisions on Labor

Constitutional provisions

1. Article II, Secs. 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 1B, 20.


2. Artjcle III, Secs. 1, 4, 7, B, 10, 16, 18(2).
3. Article XIII, Secs. 1, 2, 3, 13, 14.

Article II Declaration of Principles and State Policies

SECTION 9. The State shall promote a just and dynamic social order that will
ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation and free the people from
poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, promote full
employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all.

SECTION 10. The State shall promote social justice in all phases of national
development.

SECTION 11. The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees
full respect for human rights.

SECTION 13. The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building
and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and
social well-being. It shall inculcate in the youth patriotism and nationalism, and
encourage their involvement in public and civic affairs.

SECTION 14. The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall
ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men.

SECTION 18. The State affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall
protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare.

SECTION 20. The State recognizes the indispensable role of the private sector,
encourages private enterprise, and provides incentives to needed investments.

ARTICLE III Bill of Rights

SECTION 1. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due


process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.

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SECTION 4. The prime duty of the Government is to serve and protect the people.
The Government may call upon the people to defend the State and, in the
fulfillment thereof, all citizens may be required, under conditions provided by law,
to render personal military or civil service.

SECTION 7. The State shall pursue an independent foreign policy. In its relations
with other states the paramount consideration shall be national sovereignty,
territorial integrity, national interest, and the right to self-determination.

SECTION 8. The Philippines, consistent with the national interest, adopts and
pursues a policy of freedom from nuclear weapons in its territory.

SECTION 10. The State shall promote social justice in all phases of national
development.

SECTION 16. The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a
balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature.

SECTION 18. The State affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall
protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare.

ARTICLE XIII Social Justice and Human Rights

SECTION 1. The Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures
that protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social,
economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably
diffusing wealth and political power for the common good.

To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use, and disposition
of property and its increments.

SECTION 2. The promotion of social justice shall include the commitment to


create economic opportunities based on freedom of initiative and self-reliance.

Labor

SECTION 3. The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas,
organized and unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of
employment opportunities for all.

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It shall guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective
bargaining and negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities, including the right
to strike in accordance with law. They shall be entitled to security of tenure,
humane conditions of work, and a living wage. They shall also participate in policy
and decision-making processes affecting their rights and benefits as may be
provided by law.

The State shall promote the principle of shared responsibility between workers and
employers and the preferential use of voluntary modes in settling disputes,
including conciliation, and shall enforce their mutual compliance therewith to
foster industrial peace.

The State shall regulate the relations between workers and employers, recognizing
the right of labor to its just share in the fruits of production and the right of
enterprises to reasonable returns on investments, and to expansion and growth.

SECTION 13. The State shall establish a special agency for disabled persons for
rehabilitation, self-development and self-reliance, and their integration into the
mainstream of society.

Women

SECTION 14. The State shall protect working women by providing safe and
healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal functions, and
such facilities and opportunities that will enhance their welfare and enable them to
realize their full potential in the service of the nation.

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