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(Scout Ramon V. Albano Memorial College Chapter), respondents.
was made apparent in the Comment of Solicitor General Estelito P.
Mendoza,1 the challenged order conforms to the decisions of this Court.
Where the law is concerned, it is this Tribunal that speaks authoritatively.Petitioner has failed to make out a case. We dismiss.
Labor was likewise of no avail Hence this petition.
Noriel. Then in the first decision after its effectivity. It is the fairest and most effective way of determining which labor organization can truly represent the working force. however. tabor and management. Thus may be discerned how crucial is a certification election. Electronics & Electricity Workers' Federation PCWF v. 1. It is a fundamental postulate that the will of the majority given expression in an honest election with freedom on the part of the voters to make their choice. 1974. indisputably partial to the holding of a certification election so as to arrive in a manner definitive and certain concerning the choice of the labor organization to represent the workers in a collective bargaining unit. make their own rules b coming to terms. Bureau of Labor Relations: 6 "Petitioner thus appears to be woefully lacking in awareness of the significance of a certification election for the collective bargaining process. So our decisions from the earliest case of PLDT Employees Union v. this Court. in the exercise of sound discretion. 4 It was pointed out: The constitute ion of collective bargaining is. on October 31. The present Labor Code did not take effect until November 1. clear that "it shall be mandatory for the Bureau to conduct a Identification election for the purpose of determining the representative of the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit and certify the winner as the exclusive . 3 held fast to the existing doctrine emphasizing the significance of a certification election in a regime of collective bargaining. the Code makes. Philippine Communications. National Labor Relations Commission. 7 That is to accord respect to the policy of the Labor Code. As labor. Once that requisite is complied with. That is to govern themselves in matters that really. Court of Industrial Relations. Free Telephone Workers Union to the latest. management and labor. 1974 this Court. is no merit to this petition. is composed of a number of individuals. Fernandez now retired. establishing a regime of self-rule. may order a certification election notwithstanding the failure to meet the 30% requirement. in Confederation of Citizens Labor union vs. it is indispensable that they be represented by a labor organization of their choice. 8 2. Conformably to the above basic concept. The two parties to the relationship. No better device can assure the institution of industrial democracy with the two parties to a business enterprise. work. there. to recall Cox a prime manifestation of industrial democracy at. recognized that the Bureau of Labor Relations. count.As set forth at the outset. in the aforesaid Philippine Association of Free Labor Unions decision. had made clear. United Employees Union of Gelmart Industries v. PLDT Co. speaking through Justice E. 2 The day before." 5 The same principle was again given expression in language equally emphatic in the subsequent case of Philippine Association of Free Labor Unions v. however. is controlling.
" 9 Necessarily then. management is to maintain a strictly hands-off policy. A certification election must be conducted forth . additional signatures were subsequently secured. Noriel. That is against the letter and spirit of welfare legislation intended to protect labor and to promote social justice. is free to choose its representative." 11 WHEREFORE. the petition for certiorari is dismissed. This decision is immediately executory. An obvious instance is where it invokes the obstacle interposed by the contract-bar rule. The judiciary then should be the last to look with tolerance at such efforts of an employer to take part in the process leading to the free and untrammeled choice of the exclusive bargaining representative of the workers. The allegation that there was thereafter a retraction on the part of a number of such signatories lends added support to the decision arrived at by respondent Noriel that the only way of determining with accuracy the true will of the personnel involved in the bargaining unit is to conduct a certification petition At any rate. that s a factual matter. At any rate. That is repugnant to the concept of collective bargaining. the adversary in the collective bargaining process. the argument of petitioner as to the inability of private respondent to come up with the required signatures when the petition was first filed falls to the ground. It is true that there may be circumstances where the interest of the employer calls for its being heard on the matter. Precisely. a certification election. with Costs. For if it does not. to repeat. 10 3. The restraining order is hereby lifted. the institution of collective bargaining is designed to assure that the other party. It was filed by the employer. Inc. v. Sound policy dictates that as much as possible. labor. This case certainly does not fall within the exception. To resolve any doubt on the matter. cited in the Comment of Solicitor General Mendoza: "There is another infirmity from which the petition suffers. it may lend itself to the legitimate suspicion that it is partial to one of the contending unions. the resolution of which by respondent Noriel is entitled to respect by this Tribunal. is the most appropriate means of ascertaining its will. There is relevance likewise to this excerpt from Monark International.collective bargaining representative of all the employees in the unit.

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