G.R. No. L-28071 October 13, 1967
PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FREE LABOR UNIONS (PAFLU), petitioners, vs. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, PHILIPPINE LABOR ALLIANCE COUNCIL (PLAC), and PHILIPPING BLOOMING MILLS COMPANY, respondents.

FACTS

In CIR Case No. 1859-MC, the Philippine Labor Alliance Council (PLAC) filed a petition for certification election to be declared the sole collective bargaining agent of the workers and employees of the Philippine Blooming Mills Company at its plant in Pasig, Rizal. Acting on the petition, the Court of Industrial Relations (CIR), on January 13, 1967, directed the posting of appropriate notices at the company’s premises. Subsequently, in its order dated August 29, 1967, the CIR directed the holding of a certification election under its supervision at both the Pasig and Balintawak plants of the Philippine Blooming Mills Company.

ISSUE

The resolution provided does not explicitly state the legal issue raised by the petitioner PAFLU. The text only recounts the procedural actions taken by the Court of Industrial Relations in response to PLAC’s petition for certification election.

RULING

The resolution provided does not contain the court’s ruling or disposition of the case. It only lists the concurring justices (Reyes, J.B.L., Makalintal, Zaldivar, Sanchez, Castro, Angeles, and Fernando) and notes that Chief Justice Concepcion and Justice Bengzon, J.P., were on leave.