EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.

180 June 1, 1987 that they shall not join or shall relinquish their
membership in the employees' organizations.
PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE EXERCISE
OF THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE OF Sec. 6. Government authorities shall not interfere
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, CREATING A in the establishment, functioning or administration
PUBLIC SECTOR LABOR-MANAGEMENT of government employees' organizations through
COUNCIL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES acts designed to place such organizations under
the control of government authority.
In accordance with the provisions of the 1987
Constitution, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President III. Registration of Employees' Organization
of the Philippines, do hereby order:
Sec. 7. Government employees' organizations
I. Coverage shall register with the Civil Service Commission
and the Department of Labor and Employment.
Sec. 1. This Executive Order applies to all The application shall be filed with the Bureau of
employees of all branches, subdivisions, Labor Relations of the Department which shall
instrumentalities, and agencies, of the process the same in accordance with the
Government, including government-owned or provisions of the Labor Code of the Philippines,
controlled corporations with original charters. For as amended. Applications may also be filed with
this purpose, employees, covered by this the Regional Offices of the Department of Labor
Executive Order shall be referred to as and Employment which shall immediately
"government employees". transmit the said applications to the Bureau of
Labor Relations within three (3) days from receipt
Sec. 2. All government employees can form, join thereof.
or assist employees' organizations of their own
choosing for the furtherance and protection of Sec. 8. Upon approval of the application, a
their interests. They can also form, in conjunction registration certificate be issued to the
with appropriate government authorities, labor- organization recognizing it as a legitimate
management committees, works councils and employees' organization with the right to
other forms of workers' participation schemes to represent its members and undertake activities to
achieve the same objectives. further and defend its interest. The corresponding
certificates of registration shall be jointly
Sec. 3. High-level employees whose functions approved by the Chairman of the Civil Service
are normally considered as policy-making or Commission and Secretary of Labor and
managerial or whose duties are of a highly Employment.
confidential nature shall not be eligible to join the
organization of rank-and-file government IV. Sole and Exclusive Employees'
employees. Representatives

Sec. 4. The Executive Order shall not apply to Sec. 9. The appropriate organizational unit shall
the members of the Armed Forces of the be the employers unit consisting of rank-and-file
Philippines, including police officers, policemen, employees unless circumstances otherwise
firemen and jail guards. require.

II. Protection of the Right to Organize Sec. 10. The duly registered employees'
organization having the support of the majority of
Sec. 5. Government employees shall not be the employees in the appropriate organizational
discriminated against in respect of their unit shall be designated as the sole and exclusive
employment by reason of their membership in representative of the employees.
employees' organizations or participation in the
normal activities of their organization. Their Sec. 11. A duly registered employees'
employment shall not be subject to the condition organization shall be accorded voluntary
recognition upon a showing that no other
employees' organization is registered or is
seeking registration, based on records of the The Council shall implement and administer the
Bureau of Labor Relations, and that the said provisions of this Executive Order. For this
organizations has the majority support of the purpose, the Council shall promulgate the
rank-and-file employees in the organizational necessary rules and regulations to implement this
unit. Executive Order.

Sec. 12. Where there are two or more duly VIII. Settlement of Disputes
registered employees' organizations in the
appropriate organizational unit, the Bureau of Sec. 16. The Civil Service and labor laws and
Labor Relations shall, upon petition, order the procedures, whenever applicable, shall be
conduct of a certification election and shall certify followed in the resolution of complaints,
the winner as the exclusive representative of the grievances and cases involving government
rank-and-file employees in said organization unit. employees. In case any dispute remains
unresolved after exhausting all the available
D. Terms and Conditions of Employment in remedies under existing laws and procedures,
Government Services the parties may jointly refer the dispute to the
Council, for appropriate action.
Sec. 13. Terms and conditions of employment or
improvements thereof, except those that are fixed IX. Effectivity
by law, may be the subject of negotiations
between duly recognized employees' Sec. 17. This Executive Order shall take effect
organizations and appropriate government immediately.
authorities.
Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of June, in
VI. Peaceful Concerted Activities and Strikes the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
Sec. 14. The Civil Service laws and rules
governing concerted activities and strikes in the
government service shall be observed, subject to
any legislation that may be enacted by Congress.

VII. Public Sector Labor-Management Council

Sec. 15. A Public Sector Labor Management

1) Chairman, Civil Service Commission

2) Secretary, Department of Labor and

3) Secretary, Department of Finance

4) Secretary, Department of Justice

5) Secretary, Department of Budget and