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Nat'l Union of Bank Employees vs. A.M.Lazaro, etal.

NATIONAL UNION OF BANK EMPLOYEES, In Its Own Right And In Behalf Of CBTC EMPLOYEES Affiliated With It; CBTC EMPLOYEES UNION, In Its Own Right And Interest And In Behalf Of All CBTC Rank And File Employees Including Its Members, BENJAMIN GABAT, BIENVENIDO MORALEDA, ELICITA GAMBOA, FAUSTINO TEVES, SALVADOR LISING, and NESTOR DE LOS SANTOS, petitioners, vs. THE HON. JUDGE ALFREDO M. LAZARO, CFI-MANILA BRANCH XXXV; COMMERCIAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINES; BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; AYALA CORPORATION; MANUEL J. MARQUEZ; ENRIQUE ZOBEL; ALBERTO VILLA-ABRILLE; VICENTE A. PACIS, JR.; and DEOGRACIAS A. FERNANDO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-56431 | 1988-01-19

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The sole issue in this special civil action for certiorari is whether or not the courts may take cognizance of claims for damages arising from a labor controversy.

The antecedent facts are not disputed.

On July 1, 1977, the Commercial Bank and Trust Company, a Philippine banking institution, entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Commercial Bank and Trust Company Union, representing the rank and file of the bank with a membership of over one thousand employees, and an affiliated local of the National Union of Bank Employees, a national labor organization.

The agreement was effective...