Thursday, July 29, 2010

THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRADE UNIONS

THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRADE UNIONS:  
 
SOCIAL JUSTICE
The philosophy of trade unions is to distribute the profits from production to the biggest number of people.  This philosophy is what the Philippine Constitution calls social justice.  Social justice is necessary in an economic set-up dominated by capitalism which is the case of the Philippines.
The existence of labor unions is a necessary development of the industrial revolution and is recognized as one of the effective means by which workers may obtain protection of their rights and privileges. 
 
THE MEANING OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
Social justice is the humanization of laws and the equalization of the social and economic forces by the state so that justice in its rational and objectively secular conception may at least be approximated;
For the government, social justice means tilting the scales in favor of the underprivileged at the expense of those who have bounties to share.

How society treats him will determine whether the knife in his hands shall be a caring tool for beauty and progress or an angry weapon for defiance and revenge.  The choice is obvious.  For if we cherish him as we should, we must resolve to lighten the weight of centuries of exploitation and disdain that bends his back but bows not his head.”  (Cebu Royal vs. Deputy Minister of Labor and Ramon Pilones, 153 SCRA 34).
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