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Gen Rubber & Footwear Corp. vs. Franklin Drilon

GENERAL RUBBER AND FOOTWEAR CORPORATION petitioner, vs. THE HON. FRANKLIN DRILON IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE MINISTER OF LABOR & EMPLOYMENT and THE GENERAL RUBBER WORKERS UNION-NATU, respondents.

G.R. No. 76988 | 1989-01-31

R E S O L U T I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

The present petition involves the question of whether or not union members who did not ratify a waiver of accrued wage differentials are bound by the ratification made by a majority of the union members.

On 26 December 1984, Wage Order No. 6 was issued, increasing the statutory minimum wage rate (by P2.00) and the mandatory cost of living allowance (by P3.00 for non-agricultural workers) in the private sector, to take effect on 1 November 1984. Petitioner General Rubber and Footwear Corporation applied to the National Wages Council ("Council") for exemption from the provisions of Wage Order No. 6. The...