304 BLISS v. Callejo
304 BLISS v. Callejo
304 BLISS v. Callejo
FACTS: Labor Code but by the Civil Service Law, rules and
Petitioner, a duly registered union, filed a petition for regulations
certification election of Bliss Development Corporation o Its employees therefore are prohibited to join or
(BDC) with the DOLE-NCR form labor organizations
Med-Arbiter Napoleon v. Fernando dismissed petition for Petitioner union appealed with Bureau of Labor Relations
lack of jurisdiction stating that majority of BDCs stocks is In the meantime, President Cory issued EO 180,
owned by Human Settlement Development Corporation extending to government employees the right to
(HSDC), a GOCC organize and bargain collectively
Portions of the Order: o Sec. 1 This EO applies to all employees of all
o A GOCC is a stock or non-stock corporation whether branches, subdivisions, instrumentalities, and agencies
performing government or proprietary functions, of the government, including GOCCs with original
which is directly chartered by special law or if charters
organized under the corporation law is owned or o Government employees organizations shall register
controlled by the government or subsidiary with the Civil Service Commission and the DOLE,
corporation, to the extent of at least majority of its application shall be filed with BLR
outstanding capital stock or of its outstanding voting
stock ISSUE:
o Majority of shares of BDC are owned by HSDC, a Whether Bliss Development Corporation is subject to Civil
wholly government owned corporation, hence, BDC Service Laws, rules and regulations NO
is a GOCC whose employees are governed not by the Whether BDCEU is covered by EO 180 and must register
under Section 7 as a precondition for filing a petition for
certification election, Therefore, BDC is subject to Civil
Service laws, rules, and regulations NO