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National Brewery & Allied Industries Labor Union Of The Phil. Vs. San Miguel Brewery, Inc. 118 Phil. 806

NATIONAL BREWERY & ALLIED INDUSTRIES LABOR UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. SAN MIGUEL BREWERY, INC., THE INDEPENDENT SAN MIGUEL BREWERY WORKERS ASSOCIATION and ALL OTHER UNKNOWN NON-UNION WORKERS OF THE SAN MIGUEL BREWERY, INC., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-18170 | 1963-08-31

D E C I S I O N


REGALA, J.:

This is an appeal directly coming from the Court of First Instance of Manila dismissing the complaint upon the petition of the defendant San Miguel Brewery Workers' Association.
This case presents a question of first impression in this jurisdiction, namely, the validity of a union agency fee as a form of union security.
Appellant National Brewery & Allied Industries Labor Union of the Philippines is the bargaining representative of all regular workers paid on the daily basis and of route helpers of San Miguel Brewery, Inc.
On October 2, 1959, it signed a collective bargaining agreement with the company, which...