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PFPW, et al. Vs. CIR, et al.

PHILIPPINE FEDERATION OF PETROLEUM WORKERS (PFPW) and MALAYANG MANGGAGAWA SA ESSO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS and ESSO STANDARD EASTERN, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-26346/L-26355 | 1971-02-27

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

Two separate appeals from a decision of the Court of Industrial Relations on an industrial dispute and strike declared on February 19, 1965, by members of the Malayang Manggagawa sa Esso (MME) and certified on November 5, 1965 to said court by the President of the Philippines.

On November 13, 1965, the striking union, MME, affiliate of the Philippine Federation of Petroleum Workers and the employer-company, Esso Standard Eastern, Inc. (ESSO), concluded without the trial court's intervention, a return to work agreement pending the resolution of their labor dispute by the industrial court, and jointly sought...