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Associated Labor Union vs Pura Ferrer-Calleja etal.

ASSOCIATED LABOR UNIONS (ALU), petitioner, vs. HON. PURA FERRER-CALLEJA, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF LABOR UNIONS (NAFLU), respondents.

G.R. No. 85085 | 1989-11-06

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

Is the contract bar rule applicable where collective bargaining agreement was hastily concluded in defiance of the order of the med-arbiter enjoining the parties from entering into a CBA until the issue on representation is finally resolved? This is the primary issue on in this special civil action for certiorari.

The Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation (PASAR) is a corporation established and existing pursuant to Philippine laws and is engaged in the manufacture and processing of copper cathodes with a plant operating in Isabel, Leyte. It employs more or less eight hundred fifty (850)...