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Toyota Motor Phils. Corp. vs. Toyota Motor Phils. Corp. Labor Union, et al.

TOYOTA MOTOR PHILIPPINES CORPORATION , petitioner vs. TOYOTA MOTOR PHILIPPINES CORPORATION LABOR UNION AND THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, respondents.

G.R. No. 121084 | 1997-02-19

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

On November 26, 1992, the Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Labor Union (TMPCLU) filed a petition for certification election with the Department of Labor, National Capital Region, for all rank-and-file employees of the Toyota Motor Corporation. 1

In response, petitioner filed a Position Paper on February 23, 1993 seeking the denial of the issuance of an Order directing the holding of a certification election on two grounds: first, that the respondent union, being "in the process of registration" had no legal personality to file the same as it was not a legitimate labor organization as of the date of the...