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Pampanga Sugar Dev't Co., Inc. vs. Sugar Workers' Association, et al.

PAMPANGA SUGAR DEVELOPMENT CO., INC., petitioner, vs. SUGAR WORKERS' ASSOCIATION and COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-31047 | 1974-02-27

D E C I S I O N

ESGUERRA, J:

During the 1955-1956 milling season, the members of respondent Sugar Workers Association (SWA for short) declared a strike against the petitioner, Pampanga Sugar Development Co., Inc., (Pasudeco for short). The dispute was certified on November 23, 1956, by the President to the Court of Industrial Relations (CIR for short) where it was docketed as Case No. 13-IPA. The jurisdiction of the CIR was challenged by the petitioner but this Court upheld its jurisdiction and the validity of the certification in G.R. No. L-13178, March 25, 1961; 1 SCRA, p. 771.

On November 7, 1961, the CIR, pursuant to Sec. 19, of...