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Free Telephone Workers Union vs. Minister of Labor and Employment

FREE TELEPHONE WORKERS UNION, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE MINISTER OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, and THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-58184 | 1981-10-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

The constitutionality of the amendment to the Article of the Labor Code regarding strikes "affecting the national interest" 1 is assailed in this petition which partakes of the nature of a prohibition proceeding filed by the Free Telephone Workers Union. As amended, the Article now reads: "In labor disputes causing or likely to cause strikes or lockouts adversely affecting the national interest, such as may occur in but not limited to public utilities, companies engaged in the generation or distribution of energy, banks, hospitals, and those within export processing zones, the Minister of Labor and...