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Pasudeco Workers' Union Officers vs. Bureau of Labor Relations

PASUDECO WORKERS' UNION OFFICERS, petitioners, vs. BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS and RICARDO ALCONGA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-50241 | 1980-12-19

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

An order of the Bureau of Labor Relations ordering a recount of the ballots cast in the election of officers of the PASUDECO Workers' Union for reasons of equity is assailed in this certiorari petition on the ground that it was filed after the ten-day period, and in the wrong office at that, namely, with the Ministry of Labor instead of the regional office where the union is domiciled. As pointed out in the Comment of the Solicitor General, 1 such a step was taken in view of the irregularities that had attended the counting of the ballots, more specifically that "'1) only one padlock was used; 2) no list of...