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Associated Anglo-American Tobacco Corp. Vs. Jacobo C. Clave

ASSOCIATED ANGLO-AMERICAN TOBACCO CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HON. JACOBO C. CLAVE, in his capacity as Presidential Executive Assistant, ASSOCIATED FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL) and its members, namely AMADOR GUARINO, VICENTE MARQUEZ, ALFREDO ENRIQUEZ and NICASIO SAN JUAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 50915 | 1990-08-30

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

This petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeks the annulment of the decision of the Presidential Executive Assistant of the Office of the President affirming the ruling of the Secretary of Labor which ordered the payment of backwages to private respondents.

The factual background is as follows:

During the period from 1972 to 1974, petitioner corporation entered into separate but identical contracts of promotional dealership with Epifanio Cabillan, Sofronio Perdigon and Walfrido Alvarez for the purpose of selling the cigarettes manufactured by petitioner.

These dealers hired...