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Port Workers Union Of The Philippines Vs. Bienvenido E. Laguesma, Et Al.

PORT WORKERS UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES (PWUP), petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE UNDERSECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BIENVENIDO E. LAGUESMA, ATTY. ANASTACIO L. BACTIN, MED-ARBITER NCR-DOLE, Public Respondents; INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES, INC. (ICTSI) and ASSOCIATED PORT CHECKERS AND WORKERS UNION (APCWU), Private Respondents; SANDIGAN NG MANGGAGAWA SA DAUNGAN (SAMADA) and PORT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND LABOR UNION (PAFLU), Nominal Private Respondents, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 94929-30 | 1992-03-18

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

There was muffled excitement among the workers of the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) because its collective bargaining agreement with private respondents Associate Port Checkers and Workers Union (APCWU), the incumbent union, was due to expire on April 14, 1990.
Other unions were seeking to represent the laborers in the negotiation of the next CPA and were already plotting their moves.

The first challenge to APCWU was hurled on March 14, 1990, when the Sandigan ng Manggagawa sa Daungan (SAMADA) filed a petition for certification election. The consent signatures of at least 25% of the...