In sympathy with the labor sector that staged a welga ng bayan to protest the accelerating prices of oil, the officers of two labor unions staged a work stoppage that lasted for several days. The companies of these labor unions filed a petition with the Labor Arbiter to declare the work stoppage illegal for failure to comply with the following requirements: (1) filing of notice of strike; (2) securing a strike vote, and (3) submission of a report of the strike vote to the Department of Labor and Employment.
The officers of the labor unions, on the other hand, countered that they did comply with the necessary requirements. And, they were prevented from going to work due to the difficulties of finding transportation to work and were concerned for their safety if in case violence erupted as a result of the welga. Also, the workers were prevented from reporting for work by being locked out of the office premises.
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