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BLR-OURS allows submission of application for registration online, be able to track its status and immediately be informed when to get the Certificate of Registration.
ONLINE UNION REGISTRATION SYSTEM (OURS)
For more information about the registration process, please visit the BLR website Link. For further inquiries on how to access the system, kindly contact our helpline at (02) 8527 2551.

Who can apply ?

All persons employed in commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises, including employees of government owned or controlled corporations without original charters established under the Corporation Code, as well as employees of religious, charitable, medical or educational institutions whether operating for profit or not, shall have the right to self-organization and to form, join or assist labor unions for purposes of collective bargaining: provided, however, that supervisory employees shall not be eligible for membership in a labor union of the rank-and-file employees but may form, join or assist separate labor unions of their own. Managerial employees shall not be eligible to form, join or assist any labor unions for purposes of collective bargaining.
Alien employees with valid working permits issued by the Department may exercise the right to self-organization and join or assist labor unions for purposes of collective bargaining if they are nationals of a country which grants the same or similar rights to Filipino workers, as certified by the Department of Foreign Affairs, or which has ratified either ILO Convention No. 87 and ILO Convention No. 98.
For purposes of this section, any employee, whether employed for a definite period or not, shall beginning on the first day of his/her service, be eligible for membership in any labor organization.
All other workers, including ambulant, intermittent and other workers, the self-employed, rural workers and those without any definite employers may form labor organizations for their mutual aid and protection and other legitimate purposes except collective bargaining.”

What are the requirements ?

  • Filled-out Application Form. – The application form should be duly filled-out and notarized. Please ensure all required documents are prepared in PDF format.
  • Attestation Requirements. - The application for registration including all the accompanying documents, shall be certified under oath by its Secretary or Treasurer, as the case may be, and attested to by its President.
  • Payment of registration fee. - An application for registration with complete documents shall be issued a certificate of registration upon payment of the prescribed registration fee.
  • Accompanying documents. – Original copy of all documents accompanying the application or notice shall be submitted to the Regional Office or to the BLR, as the case maybe.
  • 1. Names of the organization/s officers and their respective addresses
  • 2. Statement that organization is not reported as a chartered local of any federation or national union
  • 3. Minutes of the organizational meeting/s
  • 4. List of employees who participated in the organizational meeting
  • 5. Names of all its members comprising at least 20% of the employees in the bargaining unit
  • 6. Annual financial reports if applicant has been in existence for one or more years or a certification that the applicant organization has not collected any amount from its members
  • 7. Constitution and By-laws
  • 8. Minutes of adoption or ratification of the CBL and date/s when ratification was made
  • 9. List of members who participated in the adoption or ratification of CBL
  • 1. Charter Certificate issued by the federation or national union indicating the creation or establishment of the local/chapter
  • 2. Names of the local/chapter/s officers, their addresses, and the principal office of the local/chapter
  • 3. Constitution and By-laws, provided that where the local/chapter/s constitution and by-laws is the same as that of the federation or national union, this fact shall be indicated accordingly
  • 1. Resolution of the labor union/s board of directors approving the affiliation
  • 2. Minutes of the general membership meeting approving the affiliation
  • 3. The total number of members comprising the labor union and the names of members who approved the affiliation
  • 4. The certificate of affiliation issued by the federation in favor of the independently registered labor union
  • 5. Written notice to the employer concerned if the affiliating union is the incumbent bargaining agent
  • 1. Names of the applicant association/s officers and their respective addresses
  • 2. Minutes of the organizational meeting/s
  • 3. List of members who participated in the organizational meeting/s
  • 4. Annual financial reports if applicant has been in existence for one or more years or a certification that the applicant organization has not collected any amount from its members
  • 5. Constitution and By-laws
  • 6. Minutes of adoption or ratification of the CBL and date/s when ratification was made
  • 7. Names of ratifying members
  • 1. Names of the organization/s officers and their respective addresses
  • 2. Minutes of the organizational meeting/s
  • 3. List of employees who participated in the organizational meeting/s
  • 4. Certification that the applicant organization has not collected any amount from its members
  • 5. Constitution and By-laws
  • 6. Minutes of adoption or ratification of the CBL and date/s of ratification
  • 7. List of ratifying members is included in the list of employees who participated in the organizational meeting/s
  • 8. Resolution of the affiliation of at least ten (10) legitimate labor organizations, whether independent unions or chartered locals, each of which must be the duly certified or recognized bargaining agent in the establishment where it seeks to operate
  • 9. Names and addresses of the companies where the affiliates operate and the list of all the members in each company involved
  • 1. Names of applicant association/s officers and their respective addresses
  • 2. Minutes of the organizational meeting/s
  • 3. List of members who participated in the organizational meeting/s
  • 4. Annual financial reports if applicant has been in existence for one or more years or a certification that the applicant organization has not collected any amount from its members
  • 5. Constitution and By-laws
  • 6. Minutes of adoption or ratification of the CBL and date/s of ratification
  • 7. Names of members who participated in the ratification of CBL
  • 8. Resolution of membership of each member association, duly approved by its board of directors
  • 1. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
  • 2. Statement that the Collective Bargaining Agreement was posted in at least two (2) conspicuous places in the establishment/s concerned for at least five (5) days before its ratification
  • 3. Statement that the Collective Bargaining Agreement was ratified by the majority of the employees in the bargaining unit of the employer/s concerned