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NPC vs. NPC EWA, et al.

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. NPC EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS ASSOCIATION and THE COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-33472 | 1971-12-29

D E C I S I O N


ERNANDO, J:

he issue raised, one of the first impression by the way, is simple and uncomplicated. In deciding two labor cases on June 30, 1970, 1 this Court resolved to refer the matter back to respondent Court of Industrial Relations so that the claim of petitioner National Power Corporation, the employer, that the strike of the labor union was illegal, could be determined before the economic demands that had to be considered in such cases should be passed upon. Once remanded and the hearing set before respondent Court, there was an order by its Presiding Judge, Arsenio L. Martinez, to the effect that there would be a...