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Alliance of Government Workers vs. Minister of Labor and Employment 209 Phil. 1

ALLIANCE OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS (AGW); PNB-FEMA BANK EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (AGW); KAISAHAN AT KAPATIRAN NG MGA MANGGAGAWA AT KAWANI NG MWSS (AGW); BALARA EMPLOYEES LABOR ASSOCIATION (AGW); GSIS WORKERS ASSOCIATION (AGW); SSS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (AGW); PVTA EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (AGW); NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF TEACHERS AND OFFICE WORKERS (AGW), petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE MINISTER OF LABOR and EMPLOYMENT, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK (PNB); METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS and SEWERAGE SYSTEM (MWSS); GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS); SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM (SSS); PHILIPPINE VIRGINIA TOBACCO ADMINISTRATION (PVTA); PHILIPPINE NORMAL COLLEGE (PNC); POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (PUP), respondents.

G.R. No. L-60403 | 1983-08-03

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J p:

Are the branches, agencies, subdivisions, and instrumentalities of the Government, including government owned or controlled corporations included among the "employers" under Presidential Decree No. 851 which are required to pay all their employees receiving a basic salary of not more than P1,000.00 a month, a thirteenth (13th) month pay not later than December 24 of every year?

Petitioner Alliance of Government Workers (AGW) is a registered labor federation while the other petitioners are its affiliate unions with members from among the employees of the following offices, schools, or government owned or...