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Kapisanang Manggagawang Pinagyakap vs NLRC

KAPISANANG MANGGAGAWANG PINAGYAKAP, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and FRANKLIN BAKER COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60328 | 1987-07-16

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, C.J.:

The Court grants the petition and, as prayed for also by the Office of the Solicitor General, sets aside the questioned decision of the labor arbiter, which ruled (contrary to the controlling Philippine Apparel Workers Union case 1) that the negotiated daily wage increase of P1.33 granted and embodied in the parties' collective bargaining agreement of March 7, 1977, retroactive to January 1, 1977, could be credited to and deducted from the P60.00 monthly or P2.00 daily living allowance required by P.D. 1123 (issued on April 21, 1977, to take effect on May 1, 1977), which in effect nullified the...