Legal Basis, Application, and Conclusion Labor law philippines Gasul and Shellane Union of Laborers (GASUL), a union in a gasoline company staged a strike in protest against the latter's act of abolishing its security guards department, and of contracting out the work to an outside agency, which resulted in the transfer and subsequent dismissal of eighteen (18) guards who were covered by the existing collective bargaining agreement. The strike lasted for one (1) month. On four or five occasions, violence erupted; in the presence of the police officers, molotov bombs were exploded and the streets obstructed with wooden planks containing protruding nails; on dates unspecified physical injuries appeared to have been inflicted on management personnel. The gasoline company, where the union officers and members are employed, sought to declare the strike illegal on the grounds that there was no justification for it and it was attended by violence. Will the company's suit prosper?

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