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General Textile Allied Workers Asso., vs. Director of Bureau of Labor Relations, et al

GENERAL TEXTILES ALLIED WORKERS ASSOCIATION (GTAWA), petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF LABOR RELATIONS, NATIONAL MINES AND ALLIED WORKERS UNION (NAMAWUMIF) AND GENERAL TEXTILES, INC., (GENTEX), respondents.

G.R. No. L-45719 | 1978-07-31

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

Petitioner labor union as the chosen representative of the workers in a previous collective bargaining agreement that dated back to 1973 assailed in this certiorari proceeding as tainted by arbitrariness an order of respondent Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations of August 17, 1976 to call a certification election, thus raising a due process question, its allegation being that there was in fact a renewal thereof that extended its effectivity until May 30, 1978. The facts disclose that it was a premature renewal, entered into on June 6, 1975, at a time when the 1973 contract for three years had still...