8/10/2019 ALU vs. Ferrer-Calleja, 173 SCRA 178
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ALU vs. Ferrer-Calleja, 173 SCRA 178
FACTS:
Petitioner Associated Labor Unions (ALU) informed private
respondent GAW Trading,nc! t"at a ma#orit$ of t"e %atter&s
emp%o$ees "ad a't"ori ed it to be t"eir so%e and
e c%'sive bargaining representative! Petitioner t"ereafter
re*'ested t"at privaterespondent cond'ct a conference +it" it for
t"e e ec'tion of an initia% C A!
-n t"e . da$, ALU&s C"airman f'rnis"ed GAW Trading /0 1na%
copies of t"e C A forComment, or ot"er+ise, for signing! T+o da$s
%ater, ALU (in be"a%f of ma#orit$ of t"eemp%o$ees of GAW Trading,
nc!) signed and e ec'ted t"e co%%ective bargainingagreement!
n t"e meantime, t"e So't"ern P"i%ippines Federation of Labor
(SPFL) toget"er +it"
nag2a"i'sang 3am'm'o sa GAW (4A3GAW) 'ndertoo2 a stri2e after it
fai%ed to gett"e management of GAW Trading, nc! to sit for a
conference respecting itsdemands! Speci1ca%%$, SPFL +anted GAW
Trading, nc! to ma2e a t'rn5abo't of itsstanding recognition of ALU
as t"e so%e and e c%'sive bargaining representative ofits
emp%o$ees!
GAW Trading 1%ed a petition for a 6estraining -rder7Pre%iminar$
n#'nction see2ing toen#oin SPFL from contin'ing +it" t"e stri2e!
Acting on t"e petition, t"e Labor Arbiterdec%ared t"e stri2e
i%%ega%!
Later, t"e 3ed5Arbiter iss'ed an order dec%aring t"at a
certi1cation e%ection be "e%d
for a%% branc"es of GAW Trading, nc! Aggrieved b$ t"e decision,
ALU 1%ed an appea%,+"ic" t"e 'rea' of Labor 6e%ations 8irector
granted! 9o+ever, t"e decision +asreversed b$ respondent 8irector,
on t"e gro'nd t"at t"e C A bet+een petitionerand GAW Trading +as
defective!
Petitioner t"'s 1%ed SCA5C, asserting t"at t"e 3ed5Arbiter
committed GA8 in iss'ingt"e order dec%aring t"at a certi1cation
e%ection be "e%d for a%% branc"es of GAW
Trading, nc! t asseverated t"at t"e C A bet+een it and GAW
Trading +as notdefective
SSU :
W74 t"e C A entered into bet+een petitioner and GAW Trading +as
defective!
876:
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T"e p'b%ic respondent +as correct in its "o%ding t"at t"e C A
bet+een petitionerand GAW Trading +as defective, for vario's
reasons! First, t"e mec"anics of
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co%%ective bargaining are set in motion on%$ +"en t"e .
#'risdictiona% preconditionsare present:
/) possession of t"e stat's of ma#orit$ representation b$ t"e
emp%o$ees&representative in accordance +it" an$ of t"e means of
se%ection and7or
designation provided for b$ t"e Labor Code; da$s before its
rati1cation! Petitioner ratiocinated t"at t"ei%%ega% stri2e staged
b$ SPFL made it impossib%e to comp%$ +it" t"e postingre*'irement,
for it res'%ted in t"e absence of impartia% members of t"e
bargaining'nit +"o co'%d be apprised of t"e C A&s contents!
T"e SC fo'nd petitioner&s #'sti1cation p'eri%e and
'nacceptab%e! n t"e 1rst p%ace,t"e posting of copies of t"e C A is
t"e responsibi%it$ of t"e employer , and not t"epetitioner!
Second%$, t"e form'%ation and 1na%i ation of t"e C A +as s'spect,
fort"ere appeared to be 'nd'e "aste in t"e cond'ct t"ereof! 9ence,
t"at an i%%ega%stri2e +as cond'cted b$ t"e SPFL is of no
moment!
T"ird, t"e p'b%ic respondent director fo'nd t"at /@/ of t"e
