III. Collective Bargaining Within the Framework of Compulsory Arbitration
(1965-2004)
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Martial Law (1965-1976)
62,000 Filipinos experienced at least one case of work-related conflicts which only staggered to an amount exceeding the millions by 1969.
Employees remained idle to fight against the unfair systems in their workplaces.
Martial Law signed on September 21, 1972 and declared on September 23, 1972 to partially help in resolving the labor crisis.
Rigid and militant efforts were taken to strengthen production.
Strikes were prohibited in crucial industries in 1974 while it was completely banned in November 1975.
Labor Code of the Philippines (1974)
May 1, 1974
Response to industrial disputes and labor conflicts
Revisions of the 1953 Industrial Peace Act
Redefined labor’s role in economic development per the promised “new society
Met with little resistance
1974: Creation of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
Encouraged trade unionism and collective bargaining
1975: Formation of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)
Kilusang Mayo Uno (1980-1988)
A genuine, militant, and nationalistic union launched on May 1, 1980
Believed that foreign and monopolistic capitalism is the root cause of the political and economic problems the people were facing
Started a radical movement through garnering Filipino support through their messages of solidarity, orientations on workers’ education and importance, and the so-called strike fever.
Post-Martial Law Amendments to Labor
(1976-2004)
Debt, graft, corruption, inflation, and unemployment
Shift from economic unionism to political unionism
1986: EDSA Revolution
1987: Production of temporary “Code of Industrial Harmony”
1989: Herrera-Veloso Law (Republic Act No. 6715) and Wage Rationalization Act (Act No. 6727)
Establishment of Labor Advisory Consultative Council (LACC)
1992: Shift back to economic unionism and institutionalization of political unionism
Trade liberalization and globalization
The PH Labor Movement Timeline
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