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MANILA HOTEL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION VS. MANILA HOTEL COMPANY, ET AL.

MANILA HOTEL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, petitioner, vs. MANILA HOTEL COMPANY and THE COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. 48524 | 1941-11-01

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J p:

The principal question to determine in this case is whether or not the Court of Industrial Relations has jurisdiction over controversies or disputes affecting the employees and laborers of a government-controlled corporation. The industrial dispute involved herein arose in the Manila Hotel, a subsidiary of the Manila Railroad Company.

The petitioner is a labor organization authorized and permitted to operate as such under the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 213. Sometime before the year 1940 it presented a petition requesting the Manila Hotel Company to adopt certain rates of minimum compensation for the...