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2013-02-27 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| Finally, Octavio's argument that the denial of his claim for salary increases constitutes a violation of Article 100[27] of the Labor Code is devoid of merit. Even assuming that there has been a diminution of benefits on his part, Article 100 does not prohibit a union from offering and agreeing to reduce wages and benefits of the employees as the right to free collective bargaining includes the right to suspend it.[28] PLDT averred that one of the reasons why Octavio's salary was recomputed as to include in his salary of P13,730.00 the P2,000.00 increase for 2002 is to avoid salary distortion. At this point, it is well to emphasize that bargaining should not be equated to an "adversarial litigation where rights and obligations are delineated and remedies applied."[29] Instead, it covers a process of finding a reasonable and acceptable solution to stabilize labor-management relations to promote stable industrial peace.[30] Clearly, the Committee Resolution was arrived at after considering the intention of both PLDT and GUTS to foster industrial peace. | |||||