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Xenia Electronics, Inc. employs 380 workers. Management creates an 'Employee Liaison Council' (ELC), designates its leadership, and holds ELC meetings on company premises during working hours. ELC proclaims itself the only legitimate workers’ association. A separate organization, the 'Xenia Workers Union' (XWU), forms with 78 members to press for a collective bargaining agreement. The company refuses to recognize XWU and begins transferring XWU members to less favorable shifts. Analyze: (a) Identify the controlling doctrine governing unions, workers’ associations, and legitimate workers’ associations under Philippine law. (b) Distinguish XWU (a union) from ELC (an employer-run forum); explain the criteria for when a workers’ association is legitimate and not a device to bypass union rights. (c) Apply to the facts: Is ELC a legitimate workers’ association? Are the company’s actions an unfair labor practice or interference with the right to self-organization? What remedies are available to XWU and the workers?