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Pablo Arizala Vs. Court Of Appeals

PABLO ARIZALA, SERGIO MARIBAO, LEONARDO JOVEN, and FELINO BULANDUS, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 43633-34 | 1990-09-14

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Under the Industrial Peace Act, 1 government-owned or controlled corporations had the duty to bargain collectively and were otherwise subject to the obligations and duties of employers in the private sector. 2 The Act also prohibited supervisors to become, or continue to be, members of labor organizations composed of rank-and-file employees, 3 and prescribed criminal sanctions for breach of the prohibition. 4

It was under the regime of said Industrial Peace Act that the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS, for short) became bound by a collective bargaining agreement executed between it and the labor...