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Security Bank Employees Union-Natu, Et Al. vs. Security Bank & Trust Company, Et Al.

SECURITY BANK EMPLOYEES UNION-NATU and RUBEN PUERTOLLANO, petitioners, vs. SECURITY BANK & TRUST COMPANY and HON. JOSE N. LEUTERIO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28536 | 1968-04-30

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J.: 

May a Court of First Instance assume jurisdiction over an action to enforce a no-strike clause in a collective bargaining agreement, the complaint setting forth that there was a threat of a strike, with two labor federations engaged in a dispute over the affiliation of the local union, which, if carried out, would be violative of the above clause? Respondent Judge, the Hon. Jose N. Leuterio, of the Court of First Instance of Manila, answered in the affirmative. This Court views the matter differently. 

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