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Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company vs. Free Telephone Workers Union, Et Al.

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, petitioner, vs. FREE TELEPHONE WORKERS UNION and THE COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-25420 | 1968-03-13

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

On November 1, 1964 Free Telephone Workers Union declared a strike against the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company to break an impasse over negotiations on a 20-point demand of the union. On November 3, 1964 the President of the Philippines certified the strike to the Court of Industrial Relations, under Section 10, Republic Act 875, as one clearly affecting an industry indispensable to the national interest. 

After hearing, on November 9, 1964, the Court of Industrial Relations rendered a partial decision in the case (No. 51-IPA). Said decision stated that the demand of the union had...