SECTION 8 ARTICLE 3

The right of the people, including those employed in the public and private sectors, to form unions,
associations or societies for purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged.
RIGHT TO FORM UNION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
A company cannot prevent its employees from forming a trade union nor shall terminate an employee because of this.
One of the illegal means that a company can prevent an employee from joining a trade union is by union busting.
Union Busting is a term used to describe a wide range of activities undertaken by the company to disrupt or prevent the formation of
trade unions.

THE RIGHT TO STRIKE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

The constitution and the labor code of the Philippines grant private employees the right to stage a strike, provided the strike must be in accordance
with the law.
Strike is the temporary stoppage of work through concerted action of employees as a result of a labor or industrial dispute.

THE RIGHT TO STRIKE IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR

While employees in the government can form a union , society or association, they do not have the right to strike . The reason is that once this right is
granted to them it will greatly affect the interest of some people or members of the working force. It can paralyze government services needed.