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Samahan ng Manggagawa sa Union Industries, Inc. vs. Carmelo Noriel

SAMAHAN NG MANGGAGAWA SA UNION INDUSTRIES, INC., JOSE VALENZUELA, and TOMAS SENA, petitioners, vs. DIRECTOR CARMELO NORIEL, BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS, PHILIPPINE TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS ORGANIZATION, FEDERATION OF FREE WORKERS, and UNION INDUSTRIES, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-50874 | 1981-10-23

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

It is quite manifest that the reliance of petitioner labor organization and its two officials 1 in this certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus proceeding is on the constitutional right to freedom of association 2 as well as the constitutional mandate of protection to labor, more specifically insofar as it assures unionization and collective bargaining. 3 The Solicitor General 4 on behalf of respondent Director Noriel of the Bureau of Labor Relations would view the matter in a narrower perspective. For him, what is primarily involved is the authority of such official to order the holding of a referendum...