Labrel - III (Digest Pool)

Labor Relations Thursday July 10, 2014

1. DABUET vs ROCHE, Gr. No. L4!402, A"r#l $0, 1%&'

2. (A)AHAN (A)AHAN NG )GA )ANGGAGA )ANGGAGA*A *A (A BANDOL+NO BANDOL+NOL)LC L)LC vs NLRC, G.R. No. 12!1%! July 1', 1%%' 1%%'

$. CLLC E.G. GOCHANGCO *ORER( UN+ON vs NLRC, G.R. No. L-'1!&, )ay $0, 1%&&

4. )E(HURN COR vs )E(HURN *ORER( UN+ON, G.R. No. 1!-2%2, Ja/uary 11, 200!

!. BATAAN (H+ARD a/d ENG+NEER+NG CO vs NLRC , G.R. No. '&-04, )ay %, 1%&&

-. )ABEA vs NLRC, Gr. No. 11&!0-, A"r#l 1&, 1%%'

'. )AN+LA )ANDAR+N E)LOEE E)LOEE( ( UN+ON vs NLRC, G.R. No. '-%&% ("35r 2%, 1%&' 8. THE INSULAR LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD. EMPLOYE ES ASSOC.-ATU vs THE INSULAR LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD Gr. No. L-25291, January 30, 1971 9. CRUZ vs PAFLU, Gr. No. L-26519,

October 29, 29, 1971 1971

LEGIM DISCIPULO: Anne Co & Meiki Merlin

Labor Relations – Case Digest

DABUET vs ROCHE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. G.R. No. L4!402, $0 A"r#l 1%&'

SAMAHAN N& M&A MAN&&A&A'A SA BANDOLINO(LMLC vs NLRC G.R. No. 12!1%!, 1' July 1%%'

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LEGIM DISCIPULO: Anne Co & Meiki Merlin

Labor Relations – Case Digest

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CLLC E.&. &OCHAN&CO 'OR)ERS UNION vs NLRC G.R. Nos. L-'1!&, -'1!%, -'1-0, -'1-1 a/d -'1'2, $0 )ay 1%&& Fats!

3#3#o/r u/#o/ #s a lo8al 8ha"3r o7 3h C/3ral Lu:o/ La5or Co/9rss CLLC, a l9#3#a3 la5or 7dra3#o/ duly r9#s3rd 6#3h 3h )#/#s3ry o7 La5or a/d E"loy/3 )OLE, 6h#l 3h #/d#v#dual "3#3#o/rs ar 7orr "loys o7 "r#va3 rs"o/d/3 6ho 6r o77#8rs a/d 5rs o7 3h "3#3#o/r u/#o/. r#va3 rs"o/d/3 #s a 8or"ora3#o/ /9a9d #/ "a8<#/9 a/d 8ra3#/9, 9/ral haul#/9, 6arhous#/9, sa va/ a/d 7r#9h3 7or6ard#/9. Th a@or#3y o7 3h ra/< a/d 7#l "loys o7  rs"o/d/3 7#r or9a/#:d 3h .9. Go8ha/98o *or<rs U/#o/ as a/ a77#l#a3 o7 3h CLLC. Th u/#o/ 7#ld a "3#3#o/ 7or 8r3#7#8a3#o/ l83#o/ a/d 3h )OLE R9#o/ 111 o77#8 s3 3h har#/9 7or 3h "3#3#o/. Th CLLC /a3#o/al "rs#d/3 6ro3 3h 9/ral a/a9r o7 rs"o/d/3 7#r #/7or#/9 h# o7 3h or9a/#:a3#o/ o7 3h u/#o/ a/d rus3#/9 7or a la5or a/a9/3 8o/7r/8 3o /oral#: "loyr"loy rla3#o/s. •

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LEGIM DISCIPULO: Anne Co & Meiki Merlin

Labor Relations – Case Digest

3r#/a3#o/ should 5 7783d as 3h 8o/3ra83 has ;"#rd.> *ha3 #"rsss us #s 3h (ol#8#3or G/ral=s su5#ss#o/ 3ha3 3h "3#3#o/rs 6r r9ular "loys a/d as su8h, 3h#r 3/ur d#d /o3 /d 6#3h 3h ;"#ra3#o/ o7 3h 8o/3ra83. As r9ular "loys, 3h "3#3#o/rs= 3/ur ar s8ur, a/d 3h#r d#s#ssal us3 5 "r#sd o/ a @us3 8aus. Thr #s /o r#3 #/ 3h 8la# 3ha3 3h "3#3#o/rs= 3rs 6r 8o3r#/ous 6#3h 3h dura3#o/ o7 3h 8o/3ra83. Thr #s /o3h#/9 #/ 3h r8ords 3ha3 6ould sho6 3ha3 3h "3#3#o/rs 6r "ar3#s 3o 3ha3 8o/3ra83. +3 a""ars 7ur3hror 3ha3 3h "3#3#o/rs 6r #/ 3h "loy o7 3h rs"o/d/3 8o"a/y lo/9 57or 3ha3 8o/3ra83 6as 8o/8ludd. Thy 6r /o3 8o/3ra83 6or<rs 6hos 6or< 3rs ar 3#d 3o 3h a9r/3, 5u3 6r, ra3hr, r9ular "loys o7 3h#r "loyr 6ho /3rd #/3o 3ha3 8o/3ra83. Bu3 v/ #7 d#s#ssal 6r 6arra/3d, 3h sa /o/3hlss 7a8s our d#sa""roval #/ 3h a5s/8 o7 a "ro"r 8lara/8 3h/ ru#rd u/dr 3h La5or Cod. +3 #s 3ru 3ha3 77or3s 6r u/dr3a</ 3o s< su8h a 8lara/8, y3 3hr #s /o sho6#/9 3ha3 #3 6as #ssud. Tha3 s3#ll 3a#/3s 3h d#s#ssal 6#3h 3h v#8 o7  #ll9al#3y. +/ a/y v/3, 6 hav hld 3ha3 u/7a#r la5or "ra83#8 8ass ar /o3, #/ v#6 o7 3h "u5l#8 #/3rs3 #/volvd, su5@83 3o 8o"ro#ss. •

"ra83#8, #ll9al d#s#ssal, u/dr"ay/3 o7 6a9s a/d d7#8#/8y #/ s"ara3#o/ "ay, 7or 6h#8h 3hy "rayd 7or daa9s a/d a33or/yIs 7s. Th 8or"ora3#o/ 8ou/3rd 3ha3 58aus o7 8o/o#8 rvrsals, #3 6as 8o"lld 3o 8los a/d 8as #3s o"ra3#o/s 3o "rv/3 sr#ous 5us#/ss losss 3ha3 u/dr Ar3#8l 2&$ o7 3h La5or Cod, #3 had 3h r#9h3 3o do so 3ha3 #/ Au9us3 1%%&, #3 had "a#d #3s $42 la#d o77 "loys s"ara3#o/ "ay a/d 5/7#3s #/ 3h 3o3al aou/3 o7 1,-&2,&-$.&& a/d 3ha3 5y v#r3u o7 3hs "ay/3s, 3h 8ass had alrady 58o oo3 a/d a8ad#8. +3 also avrrd 3ha3 #3s rsu"3#o/ o7 o"ra3#o/s #/ ("35r 1%%& had 5/ a//ou/8d a/d "os3d a3 3h Ba3aa/ E;"or3 ro8ss#/9 o/, a/d 3ha3 so o7 3h 7orr "loys had ra""l#d. •

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ISSUE! 1. *ON 3h d#s#ssal o7 3h "loys o7 "3#3#o/r )shur/ Cor"ora3#o/ #s 7or a/ au3hor#:d 8aus. 2. *ON 3h rs"o/d/3s 8a/ a#/3a#/ a su#3 a9a#/s3 "3#3#o/rs. HELD 1.

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Th raso/ #/vo<d 5y "3#3#o/rs 3o @us3#7y 3h 8ssa3#o/ o7 8or"ora3 o"ra3#o/s 6as all9d 5us#/ss losss. 3, o3hr 3ha/ 9/rally r7rr#/9 3o 3h 7#/a/8#al 8r#s#s #/ 1%%& a/d 3o 3h#r su""osd d#77#8ul3y #/ o53a#/#/9 a/ ;"or3 uo3a, #/3rs3#/9ly, 3hy /vr "rs/3d a/y r"or3 o/ 3h 7#/a/8#al o"ra3#o/s o7 3h 8or"ora3#o/ dur#/9 3h "r#od 57or #3s shu3do6/. N#3hr d#d 3hy su5#3 a/y 8rd#5l v#d/8 3o su5s3a/3#a3 3h#r all9a3#o/ o7 5us#/ss losss.  Bas#8 #s 3h rul #/ 3r#/a3#o/ 8ass 3ha3 3h "loyr 5ars 3h 5urd/ o7 sho6#/9 3ha3 3h d#s#ssal 6as 7or a @us3 or au3hor#:d 8aus. O3hr6#s, 3h d#s#ssal #s dd u/@us3#7#d. A"ro"os 3h#s rs"o/s#5#l#3y, "3#3#o/r 8or"ora3#o/ should hav "rs/3d 8lar a/d 8o/v#/8#/9 v#d/8 o7 ##//3 8o/o#8 or 5us#/ss rvrsals as a 7or o7 a77#ra3#v d7/s #/ 3h "ro8d#/9s 57or 3h la5or ar5#3r or, u/dr @us3#7#a5l 8#r8us3a/8s, v/ o/ a""al 6#3h 3h NLRC. •

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ME(SHURN CORP vs ME(SHURN 'OR)ERS UNION G.R. No. 1!-2%2, Ja/uary 11, 200! Fats!

Th r9ular ra/< a/d 7#l "loys o7 )(hur/ Cor"ora3#o/ or9a/#:d )(hur/ *or<rs U/#o/?(), a/ a77#l#a3 o7  3h ?5ruary (#; )ov/3 ?(). Rs"o/d/3 u/#o/ had a "/d#/9 a""l#8a3#o/ 7or r9#s3ra3#o/ 6#3h 3h BLR. 10 days la3r, "3#3#o/r 8or"ora3#o/ s3ar3d "la8#/9 o/ 7or8d lav all 3h ra/< a/d 7#l "loys 6ho 6r 5rs o7 3h u/#o/Is 5ar9a#/#/9 u/#3.  Rs"o/d/3 u/#o/ 7#ld a 3#3#o/ 7or Cr3#7#8a3#o/ El83#o/ 6#3h 3h )dAr5#3ra3#o/ U/#3 o7 3h DOLE. Th 8or"ora3#o/ 7#ld a 8o/3 s3a3#/9 3ha3 #3 6ould 3"orar#ly lay o77 "loys a/d 8as o"ra3#o/s, o/ a88ou/3 o7 #3s all9d #/a5#l#3y 3o 3 3h ;"or3 uo3a ru#rd 5y 3h Board o7 +/vs3/3. *h#l 3h 3#3#o/ 6as "/d#/9, 1&4 u/#o/ 5rs all9dly su5#33d a r3ra83#o/6#3hdra6al 3hro7. Th d ar5#3r d#s#ssd 3h 3#3#o/. DOLE U/drs8r3ary 9ra/3d 3h u/#o/Is a""al a/d ordrd 3h hold#/9 o7 a 8r3#7#8a3#o/ l83#o/ ao/9 3h ra/< a/d 7#l "loys o7 3h 8or"ora3#o/. Rs"o/d/3 u/#o/ 7#ld a No3#8 o7 (3r#< a9a#/s3 "3#3#o/r 8or"ora3#o/ o/ 3h 9rou/d o7 u/7a#r la5or "ra83#8 #ll9al lo8
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LEGIM DISCIPULO: Anne Co & Meiki Merlin

Labor Relations – Case Digest

BATAAN SHIP#ARD an% E N&INEERIN& CO vs NLRC G.R. No. '&-04, )ay %, 1%&&

MABE*A vs NLRC Gr. No. 11&!0-, A"r#l 1&, 1%%'

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Th Na3#o/al ?dra3#o/ o7 La5or U/#o/s NA?LU #s a la5or or9a/#:a3#o/ #/ "3#3#o/r Ba3aa/ (h#"yard  E/9#/r#/9 Co., +/8. Th Co"a/y has 3housa/d "loys #/ #3s "ayroll a/d or 3ha/ a hu/drd o7 3h 5lo/9 3o 3h sa#d la5or or9a/#:a3#o/. (o3# 57or 1%&4, 3h Co"a/y 7#ld 6#3h 3h NLRC a/ Ma""l#8a3#o/ 7or 3h r3r/8h/3 o7 2&! o7 #3s "loys o/ 3h 9rou/d 3ha3 3h 7#r had 5/ #/8urr#/9 havy losss. +/ 3h a/3#, so "loys 6ho had 5/ o/ s#8< lav arl#r 6r 8o/s#drd r3r/8hd. All o7 3hos so r3r/8hd ha""/ 3o 5 o77#8rs a/d 5rs o7 3h NA?LU. •

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Hel%! #ES. Th r3r/8h/3 u/dr3a</ 5y 3h Co"a/y #s val#d. Ho6vr, 3h a//r #/ 6h#8h 3h#s #s ;r8#sd should /o3 5 3a#/3d 6#3h a5us o7 d#s8r3#o/. La5or #s a "rso/=s a/s o7  l#vl#hood. H 8a//o3 5 d"r#vd o7 h#s la5or or 6or< 6#3hou3 du "ro8ss o7 la6. Th r3r/8h/3 o7 "loys 6ho 5lo/9 3o a "ar3#8ular u/#o/, 6#3h /o sa3#s7a83ory @us3#7#8a3#o/ 6hy sa#d "loys 6r s#/9ld ou3, 8o/s3#3u3s UL. +/ 3h#s 8as, 3h Co"a/y had #/dd 5/ d#s8r##/a3ory #/ sl83#/9 3h "loys 6ho 6r 3o 5 r3r/8hd. All o7 3h r3r/8hd "loys ar o77#8rs a/d 5rs o7 3h NA?LU. +3 lads Us 3o 8o/8lud 3ha3 3h 7#r had 5/ d#s8r##/a3#/9 a9a#/s3 5rsh#" #/ 3h NA?LU, a/ a83 6h#8h aou/3s 3o #/3r7r/8 #/ 3h "loys= ;r8#s o7 3h#r r#9h3 o7  sl7or9a/#:a3#o/. Th#s #/3r7r/8 #s 8o/s#drd a/ a83 o7 UL

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LEGIM DISCIPULO: Anne Co & Meiki Merlin

Labor Relations – Case Digest

MANILA MANDARIN EMPLO#EES UNION vs NLRC G.R. No. '-%&%, ("35r 2%, 1%&'

9uara/3d 5y 3h Co/s3#3u3#o/. Th Cour3 s3rsss, ho6vr, 3ha3 u/#o/ s8ur#3y 8lauss ar also 9ovr/d 5y la6 a/d 5y "r#/8#"ls o7 @us3#8, 7a#r "lay, a/d l9al#3y. U/#o/ s8ur#3y 8lauss 8a//o3 5 usd 5y u/#o/ o77#8#als a9a#/s3 a/ "loyr, u8h lss 3h#r o6/ 5rs, ;8"3 6#3h a h#9h s/s o7 rs"o/s#5#l#3y, 7a#r/ss, "rud/8, a/d @ud#8#ous/ss. A u/#o/ 5r ay /o3 5 ;"lld 7ro hr u/#o/, a/d 8o/su/3ly 7ro hr @o5, 7or "rso/al or #"3uous raso/s or 7or 8auss 7or#9/ 3o 3h 8losdsho" a9r/3 a/d #/ a a//r 8hara83r#:d 5y ar5#3rar#/ss a/d 6h#s#8al#3y.

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LEGIM DISCIPULO: Anne Co & Meiki Merlin

Labor Relations – Case Digest

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However, before readmitting the strikers, the Companies

THE INSULAR LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD. EMPLOYEES ASSOC. -ATU vs THE INSULAR LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD

required them not only to secure clearances from the City Fiscal’s

Gr. No. L-25291, January 30, 1971

Office of Manila but also to be screened by a management committee among the members of which were Enage and Garcia. The screening committee initially rejected 83 strikers with pending

Facts:

The

Insular

Life

Assurance

Co.,

Ltd.,

Employees

criminal charges. However, all non-strikers with pending criminal

Association-NATU, FGU Insurance Group Workers & Employees

charges which arose from the breakthrough incident were

Association-NATU, and Insular Life Building Employees Association-

readmitted immediately by the Companies without being required

NATU (hereinafter referred to as the Unions), while still members of

to secure clearances from the fiscal’s office.

the Federation of Free Workers (FFW), entered into separate CBAs

Subsequently, when practically all the strikers had secured

with the Insular Life Assurance Co., Ltd. and the FGU Insurance

clearances from the fiscal’s office, the Companies readmitted only

Group (hereinafter referred to as the Companies).

some but adamantly refused readmission to 34 officials and

Two of the lawyers of the Unions then were Felipe Enaje

members of the Unions who were most active in the strike, on the

and Ramon Garcia; the latter was formerly the secretary-treasurer

ground that they committed “acts inimical to the interest of the

of the FFW and acting president of the Insular Life/FGU unions and

respondents,” without however stating the specific acts allegedly

the Insular Life Building Employees Association. Garcia, as such

committed.

acting president, in a circular issued in his name and signed by him,

Some 24 of the above number were ultimately notified

tried to dissuade the members of the Unions from disaffiliating with

months later that they were being dismissed retroactively as of June

the FFW and joining the National Association of Trade Unions

2, 1958 and given separation pay checks computed under Rep. Act

(NATU), to no avail. The Companies hired Garcia in the latter part of

1787, while others (ten in number) up to now have not been

1956 as assistant corporate secretary and legal assistant in their

readmitted although there have been no formal dismissal notices

Legal Department. Enaje was hired as personnel manager of the

given to them.

Companies, and was likewise made chairman of the negotiating

CIR prosecutor filed a complaint for unfair labor practice

panel for the Companies in the collective bargaining with the

against the Companies under Republic Act 875. The complaint

Unions.

specifically charged the Companies with (1) interfering with the Unions jointly submitted proposals to the Companies;

members of the Unions in the exercise of their right to concerted

negotiations were conducted on the Union’s proposals, but these

action, by sending out individual letters to them urging them to

were snagged by a deadlock on the issue of union shop, as a result

abandon their strike and return to work, with a promise of

of which the Unions filed a notice of strike for “deadlock on

comfortable cots, free coffee and movies, and paid overtime, and,

collective bargaining.” The issue was dropped subsequently. But, the

subsequently, by warning them that if they did not return to work

parties negotiated on the labor demands but with no satisfactory

on or before June 2, 1958, they might be replaced; and (2)

result due to a stalemate on the matter of salary increases.

discriminating against the members of the Unions as regards

Meanwhile, 87 unionists were reclassified as supervisors without increase in salary nor in responsibility while negotiations

readmission to work after the strike on the basis of their union membership and degree of participation in the strike.

were going on in the Department of Labor after the notice to strike was served on the Companies. These employees resigned from the

Issue:

Unions.

Whether or not respondent company is guilty of ULP On May 21, 1958 the Companies through t heir acting

manager

and

president,

sent

to

each

of

the

strikers

a

letter containing delightful consequences if any of them would like to come back to work voluntarily. Unions, however, continued on strike, with the exception of a few unionists who were convinced to desist by the aforesaid letter

Held:

Yes. The act of an employer in notifying absent employees individually during a strike following unproductive efforts at collective bargaining that the plant would be operated the next day and that their jobs were open for them should they want to come in

From the date the strike was called on May 21, 1958, until it

has been held to be an unfair labor practice, as an active

was called off on May 31, 1958, some management men tried to

interference with the right of collective bargaining through dealing

break thru the Unions’ picket lines,  succeeded in penetrating the

with the employees individually instead of through their collective

picket lines in front of the Insular Life Building, thus causing injuries

bargaining representatives. Although the union is on strike, the

to the picketers and also to the strike-breakers due to the resistance

employer is still under obligation to bargain with the union as the

offered by some picketers.

employees’ bargaining representative.

Alleging that some non-strikers were injured and with the use

Individual solicitation of the employees or visiting their

of photographs as evidence, the Companies then filed criminal

homes, with the employer or his representative urging the

charges against the strikers with the City Fiscal’s Office of  Manila.

employees to cease union activity or cease striking, constitutes

Another letter was sent by the company to the individual

unfair labor practice. All the above-detailed activities are unfair

strikers stating that they could report for work if there were no

labor practices because they tend to undermine the concerted

criminal charges pending against them.

activity of the employees, an activity to which they are entitled free from the employer’s molestation. meikimouse

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Indeed, when the respondents offered reinstatement and attempted to “bribe” the strikers with “comfortable cots,” “free

CRUZ vs PAFLU

Gr. No. L-26519,

October 29, 1971

coffee and occasional movies,” “overtime” pay for “work performed in excess of eight hours,” and “arrangements” for their families, so

Facts:

they would abandon the strike and return to work, they were guilty

Sps. TAN own a business venture where they own a

of strike-breaking and/or union-busting and, consequently, of unfair

Quality Container Factory they employed hired hand in the

labor practice. It is equivalent to an attempt to break a strike for an

manufacture and sale of tin cans.

employer to offer reinstatement to striking employees individually,

workers formed a union. On Feb 28, 1961 the factory received from

when they are represented by a union, since the employees thus

the complaining union a notice of its existence w/ an attached set of

offered

CBA proposal after a series of unreasonable delay in discussing or

reinstatement

are

unable

to

determine

what

the

consequences of returning to work would be. respondents

reclassified

January

1961,

their

negotiating with complainant the possibility of entering into a CB-

ULP also: Hiring of Enage and Garcia with attractive compensations;

On

87

employees

contract, a management-inspired petition was filed with the court.

as

The Complainant Union proposed to continue the

supervisors without increase in salary or in responsibility, in effect

negotiations

compelling

management. The Factory was however sold after a month to

these

employees

to

resign

from

their

unions;

respondents, thru their president and manager, respondent Jose M.

to

possibly

finalize

a

CB-Contract

with

the

respondent Carlos Cruz.

Olbes, brought three truckloads of non-strikers and others, escorted

Carlos Cruz however avers that the existence of PAFLU was

by armed men, who, despite the presence of eight entrances to the

not declared by Mrs. Tan prior to the sale although the court stated

three buildings occupied by the Companies, entered thru only one

that the sale in all phases is seemingly without flaw.

gate less than two meters wide and in the process, crashed thru the picket line posted in front of the premises of the Insular Life

Issue:

Building. This resulted in injuries on the part of the picketers and the

sale.

Whether or not there is unfair labor practice because of the

strike-breakers; respondents brought against the picketers criminal charges, only three of which were not dismissed, and these three

Held:

only for slight misdemeanors. As a result of these criminal actions,

Yes. The sale of the Quality Container Factory was

the respondents were able to obtain an injunction from the court of

designed to avoid bargaining collectively with it as the duly chosen

first instance restraining the strikers from stopping, impeding,

representative of such employees and thus constituted unfair labor

obstructing, etc. the free and peaceful use of the Companies’ gates,

practice. The court ascertained what could be the possible motive of

entrance and driveway and the free movement of persons and

the sale.

vehicles to and from, out and in, of the Companies’ buildings.

Verily, the above actuations of the respondents before and after the

Evidence strongly insinuated that the company supported a stand apparently adverse to the sentiments of the workers.

issuance of the letters yield the clear inference that the said letters

Evidence further hinted that during the pendency of

formed of the respondents scheme to preclude if not destroy

protest in the said certification case, the company financed the

unionism within them.

presentation of witnesses to testify against the union. The labor

II. The respondents did not merely discriminate against all

dispute was indeed at its height, still mounting, at the same time

the strikers in general. They separated the active from the less active

when the alleged sale was made. There was no other excuse that

unionists on the basis of their militancy, or lack of it, on the picket

the Court could exhaust under the prevailing conditions. The sale

lines. Unionists belonging to the first category were refused

was executed not for any other cause but to rid the company of the

readmission even after they were able to secure clearances from the

curricular labor problems. All phases of evidence pointed to it."

competent authorities with respect to the criminal charges filed against them.

It was not surprising therefore that the conclusion reached by it was that the transaction was tainted by bad faith and that there

It is noteworthy that — perhaps in an anticipatory effort to

was an unfair labor practice. The court also held that a buyer should

exculpate themselves from charges of discrimination in the

not be allowed to reap and enjoy all the profits of a sale without the

readmission of strikers returning to work —  the respondents

corresponding responsibilities that are attached to the industrial

delegated the power to readmit to a committee.

enterprise, specially so when the sale was executed under dubious

III. Anent the third assignment of error, the record shows

circumstances.

that not a single dismissed striker was given the opportunity to

Carlos Cruz, was not at all free from the attending faults.

defend himself against the supposed charges against him. As earlier

As was discussed earlier, Mrs. Tan made a disclosure that he was

mentioned, when the striking employees reported back for work on

made aware of the current labor problems. It cannot be reasoned

June 2, 1958, the respondents refused to readmit them unless they

out that there was a failure, much less can it be said that he is a

first secured the necessary clearances; but when all, except three,

buyer in good faith as far as the workers are concerned. Let all the

were able to secure and subsequently present the required

party respondents be liable, therefore.

clearances, the respondents still refused to take them back.

It is thus apparent that as noted at the outset the decision

Indeed, the individual cases of dismissed officers and members of

now on review must be affirmed. The conclusion reached by

the striking unions do not indicate sufficient basis for dismissal.

respondent Court finds support in the law. It would be a frustration of the statutory scheme in the Industrial Peace Act instituting a meikimouse

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LABOR RELATIONS

regime of free collective bargaining to hold otherwise. The choice as to the bargaining representative of the employee belongs to them alone. The language of the Act: "The labor organization designated or selected for the purpose of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative of all the employees in such unit for the purpose of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages,

hours

of

employment,

or

another

conditions

of

employment.

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