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La Suerte Cigar and Cigarette Factory vs. Director, et al.

LA SUERTE CIGAR AND CIGARETTE FACTORY, petitioner, vs. DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS, THE LA SUERTE CIGAR AND CIGARETTE FACTORY PROVINCIAL (Luzon) AND METRO MANILA SALES FORCE ASSOCIATION-NATU, and THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRADE UNIONS, respondents. Angara Abello, Concepcion, Regala & Cruz Law Office for petitioner.

G.R. No. L-55674 | 1983-07-25

D E C I S I O N


GUERRERO, J.:

In the determination of the basic issue raised in the case at bar involving the status of some 14 members of private respondent local union whether they are employees of petitioner company in which case they should be included in the 30% jurisdictional requirement necessary to support the petition for certification election, or independent contractors and hence, excluded therefrom, Our rulings in Mafinco Trading Corp. vs. Ople, 70 SCRA 139, where We reiterated the "control test" earlier laid down in Investment Planning Corp. vs. Social Security System, 21 SCRA 924, and in Social Security System vs. Hon....