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Ilaw At Buklod Ng Manggagawa vs. National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)

ILAW AT BUKLOD NG MANGGAGAWA (IBM), petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (First Division), HON. CARMEN TALUSAN and SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION, respondents. Banzuela, Flores, Miralles, Raneses, Sy, Taquio & Associates for petitioner. Jardeleza Law Offices for private respondents.

G.R. No. 91980 | 1991-06-27

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, J.:

The controversy at bar had its origin in the "wage distortions" affecting the employees of respondent San Miguel Corporation allegedly caused by Republic Act No. 6727, otherwise known as the Wage Rationalization Act.

Upon the effectivity of the Act on June 5, 1989, the union known as "Ilaw at Buklod Ng Manggagawa (IBM)" said to represent 4,500 employees of San Miguel Corporation, more or less, "working at the various plants, offices, and warehouses located at the National Capital Region" - presented to the company a "demand" for correction of the "significant distortion...