This document summarizes a court case between a labor union seeking registration (VIEU) and the Acting Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations who denied registration. The court ruled that: 1) VIEU should be registered as there is no legal reason not to; 2) in the meantime, the existing interim collective bargaining agreement can remain in effect; and 3) the Bureau must conduct a certification election between VIEU and the existing union (ALU) to determine the exclusive bargaining representative for the company's workers.
This document summarizes a court case between a labor union seeking registration (VIEU) and the Acting Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations who denied registration. The court ruled that: 1) VIEU should be registered as there is no legal reason not to; 2) in the meantime, the existing interim collective bargaining agreement can remain in effect; and 3) the Bureau must conduct a certification election between VIEU and the existing union (ALU) to determine the exclusive bargaining representative for the company's workers.
This document summarizes a court case between a labor union seeking registration (VIEU) and the Acting Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations who denied registration. The court ruled that: 1) VIEU should be registered as there is no legal reason not to; 2) in the meantime, the existing interim collective bargaining agreement can remain in effect; and 3) the Bureau must conduct a certification election between VIEU and the existing union (ALU) to determine the exclusive bargaining representative for the company's workers.
This document summarizes a court case between a labor union seeking registration (VIEU) and the Acting Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations who denied registration. The court ruled that: 1) VIEU should be registered as there is no legal reason not to; 2) in the meantime, the existing interim collective bargaining agreement can remain in effect; and 3) the Bureau must conduct a certification election between VIEU and the existing union (ALU) to determine the exclusive bargaining representative for the company's workers.
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VASSAR INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEES demonstrated beyond doubt, as in this
UNION (VIEU), v. HON. FRANCISCO L. case, a certification election is the most
ESTRELLA; as Acting Director of the expeditious way of determining which labor Bureau of Labor Relations, organization is to be the exclusive ASSOCIATED LABOR UNIONS (ALU), bargaining representative." and VASSAR INDUSTRIES, INC. (Outline topic: Remedy) FACTS: - There was in existence - The prayer in the petition is limited to a collective bargaining agreement between ordering respondent official to give due private respondents Associated Labor course to petitioner's application for Unions and Vassar Industries, Inc. which registration. expired on May 15, 1977. - As this is a certiorari proceeding, - Prior to such date, 111 of a total number equitable in character, this Court is of 150 employees of such firm disaffiliated empowered to grant the relief adequate from the former labor organization and and suitable under the circumstances so formed their own union. that justice in all its fullness could be achieved. - Thereafter, they filed an application for registration of their union with the - There is this affirmation in the comment of Bureau of Labor Relations, complying with the then Acting Solicitor General Vicente V. the requirements of both the Labor Code Mendoza as counsel for respondent and its implementing regulations. Estrella: "As long as an applicant union complies with all of the legal requirements - While such application was pending, for registration, it becomes the BLR's petitioner Union filed a petition for ministerial duty to so register the union." certification as bargaining agent for the rank-and-file employees of the company. - It suffices then to order that petitioner Union be registered, there being no legal - The Med-Arbiter, on May 24, 1977, denied obstacle to such a step and the duty of the their plea on the ground that the union was Bureau of Labor Relations being clear. not duly registered with the Department of Labor. Then came a motion for - Then there is this ruling in Philippine Labor reconsideration praying that Alliance Council v. Bureau of Labor the dismissal be set aside until action be Relations that calls for application that taken on its pending application for "once the fact of disaffiliation has been registration. demonstrated beyond doubt, as in this case, a certification election is the most - On July 5, 1977, respondent Estrella, then expeditious way of determining which labor Acting Director of the Bureau of Labor organization is to be the exclusive Relations, denied, as previously noted, the bargaining representative." application for registration "on the ground that there is a registered - In the meanwhile, if as contended by collective bargaining agent in the private respondent labor union the interim company." Hence this petition. collective bargaining agreement, which it engineered and entered into on September ISSUE: 26, 1977, has much more favorable terms WON the refusal of respondent Francisco L. for the workers of private respondent Estrella, then the Acting Director of the Vassar Industries, then it should continue in Bureau of Labor Relations, to full force and effect until the appropriate register petitioner Vassar bargaining representative is chosen and Industries Employees Union was proper. NO negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement thereafter concluded. RATIO: - Petitioner Union should be registered, -This is one way of assuring that both the there being no legal obstacle to such a step social justice, and the protection to labor and the duty of the Bureau of Labor provisions would be effectively Relations being clear in this regard. "Once implemented without sanctioning an the fact of disaffiliation has been attempt to frustrate the exercise of this with petitioner labor union, Vassar Court's jurisdiction in a pending case. Industries Labor Union, and private respondent labor union, Associated Labor - WHEREFORE, the writ of certiorari is Unions, participating therein to determine granted and the Bureau of Labor Relations the exclusive bargaining representative of ordered to conduct at the earliest the workers employed in Vassar Industries, practicable date of a certification election Inc. This decision is immediately executory.
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