Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board v. Morales

Mr. Justice Ramírez Bages

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 4 of the Labor Relations Act of Puerto Rico (29 L.P.R.A. § 65) provides that employees have the right “to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of bargaining collectively or for other mutual aid and protection (Italics ours.) Section 8(1) (a) of that Act (29 L.P.R.A. § 69 (1) (a)) provides that it shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer to interfere with, restrain, or exercise coercion upon, or to attempt to interfere with, restrain, or exercise coercion upon his employees in the exercise of such rights.…