Is March 11's Metro Manila-wide transport strike, legal?
According to my lawyer friend, yes. It is legal. He told me a bunch of law terms, which, if I remembered, I would have written it in my blog already rather than writing this statement. Here are a few reasons I remembered from what he said:
1. Strikes are not all legal. While we recognize the right to strike, not all are legal. Some of which that are illegal is, when it is considered as national interest like, the airlines, schools and hospitals. This is when the government will take action.
2. It is their(The drivers and transport groups) way of getting the attention of the government because they have no other way to do it, that the government will take time to notice.
For those who doesn't want to join the strike, and they are forced to join, it is against the law. It is called "Coercion" in the revise penal code. It is the practice of compelling a person to behave in an involuntary way (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats, intimidation or some other form of pressure or force. Coercion may typically involve the actual infliction of physical or psychological harm in order to enhance the credibility of a threat. The threat of further harm may then lead to the cooperation or obedience of the person being coerced.
Possible Punishments:
1. Imprisonment -6 months and 1 day with fine.
Anyway, as this strike goes on throughout the day, hope you don't find it a very stressful one.
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According to my lawyer friend, yes. It is legal. He told me a bunch of law terms, which, if I remembered, I would have written it in my blog already rather than writing this statement. Here are a few reasons I remembered from what he said:
1. Strikes are not all legal. While we recognize the right to strike, not all are legal. Some of which that are illegal is, when it is considered as national interest like, the airlines, schools and hospitals. This is when the government will take action.
2. It is their(The drivers and transport groups) way of getting the attention of the government because they have no other way to do it, that the government will take time to notice.
For those who doesn't want to join the strike, and they are forced to join, it is against the law. It is called "Coercion" in the revise penal code. It is the practice of compelling a person to behave in an involuntary way (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats, intimidation or some other form of pressure or force. Coercion may typically involve the actual infliction of physical or psychological harm in order to enhance the credibility of a threat. The threat of further harm may then lead to the cooperation or obedience of the person being coerced.
Possible Punishments:
1. Imprisonment -6 months and 1 day with fine.
Anyway, as this strike goes on throughout the day, hope you don't find it a very stressful one.
> Read more Philippine News
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