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UST Faculty Union Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

UST FACULTY UNION, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 90445 | 1990-10-02

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

The controversy, from which the case arose, has to do with the payment of the 13th month pay.

An understanding of the incidents that led to the filing of the instant petition is necessary to resolve the basic issue raised.

To settle a labor dispute regarding the share of the faculty members in the increase in tuition fees under Presidential Decree No. 451, the University of Santo Tomas and the UST Faculty Union, represented by Dean (now Justice) Andres Narvasa and Professor (later, Court of Appeals Justice) Cecilio Pe, respectively, entered into an agreement on March 25,1985, which provided inter alia:

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