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Chan Bros., Incorporated vs. de la Industria

CHAN BROS., INCORPORATED, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FEDERACION OBRERA DE LA INDUSTRIA TABAQUERA Y OTROS TRABAJADORES DE FILIPINAS, commonly known as FOITAF & FREE DEMOCRATIC LABOR UNION, LIWAYWAY GAUGAU, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-34761 | 1974-01-17

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

This appeal on questions of law from a court of first instance decision enjoining acts of illegal picketing and holding liable for damages Defendant Federacion Obrera de la Industria Tabaquera y Otros Trabajadores de Filipinas and its co-defendant, Free Democratic Labor Union, Liwayway Gaugau, is primarily based on the legal proposition that in an unfair labor practice case, including other incidents interwoven with it, the jurisdiction of the Court of Industrial Relations is exclusive. Considering its indisputable character, it thus appears that this is one of those suits that a lower court, if sufficiently...