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Jacqueline Industries, et al vs. National Labor Relations, et al

JACQUELINE INDUSTRIES, DUNHILL BAGS INDUSTRIES, POL YAP, CANDIDO DYONCO and HENRY YAP, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and GAUDENCIA DE QUIROZ, respondents.

G.R. No. L-37034 | 1975-08-29

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

To free themselves from the adverse effects of an award for a money claim in favor of private respondent Gaudencia de Quiroz, petitioners filed this certiorari and prohibition proceeding against the National Labor Relations Commission. They would predicate a hoped-for reversal of its decision, appealed to and affirmed by the Secretary of Labor, now sought to be annulled by a rather restrictive interpretation of Presidential Decree No. 21, issued during the first month of martial law. This is to ignore its prime objectives: "To promote industrial peace, maximize productivity and secure social justice for all...