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Filipino Metals Corp. vs. Blas Ople, et al.

FILIPINO METALS CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE BLAS OPLE, Secretary of Labor, CARMELO NORIEL, Director of Labor Relations, Mr. GEORGE EDUVALA, Mr. ZARAGOZA, NEW FILIPINO METAL WORKERS UNION-TUPAS, and INDUSTRIAL WORKERS UNION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-43861 | 1981-09-04

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:

Two questions, as yet unresolved at the time of the filing of this petition as well as at the time of its submission, called for its being given due course. They are (1) whether the then Acting Secretary of Labor acted according to law in referring back an appeal from an order of the Director of Labor Relations, requiring the holding of a certification election to such official for him to decide and (2) whether an employer has an interest cognizable in law to appeal from such order. The second question had since then been resolved, but the first has not as yet been given a definitive answer.

Petitioner...