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Pacific Banking Corp. Vs. Jacobo C. Clave, et al.

PACIFIC BANKING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. JACOBO C. CLAVE, Presidential Executive Assistant, JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR., Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant, PACIFIC BANKING CORPORATION EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION and JUANITO M. SAAVEDRA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-56965 | 1984-03-07

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This case is about the legality of deducting from the monetary benefits awarded in a collective bargaining agreement the attorney's fees of the lawyer who assisted the union president in negotiating the agreement. It also involves the jurisdiction of the Office of the President of the Philippines to order such deduction.

Since January, 1979, there had been negotiations between the Pacific Banking Corporation and the Pacific Banking Corporation Employees Organization (PABECO) for a collective bargaining agreement for 1979 to 1981. Because of a deadlock, the Minister of Labor assumed jurisdiction over the...