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Briad Agro Dev't Corp. vs D.Dela Serna etal.

BRIAD AGRO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE DIONISIO DELA SERNA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS UNDERSECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, TRADE UNIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ALLIED SERVICES (TUPAS)-WFTU LOCAL CHAPTER NO. RO1-005, ALFRED DELA CRUZ, ET AL., * respondents.

G.R. No. 82805 | 1989-06-29

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

Submitted for decision are these two consolidated cases, both in the nature of challenges to the jurisdiction of the various Regional Directors of the Department of Labor and Employment to act on money claims. 1

ANTECEDENT FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS.

I. G.R. No. 82805

This case originated from a complaint filed on February 21, 1987 to recover unpaid wages and wage supplements filed with Regional Director Filomeno Balbin of the Labor Department's Regional Office No. I sitting in San Fernando, La Union. The facts appear in his order:

This case arose out of a complaint filed by TRADE UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES...