Case Digest (G.R. No. L-2216)
Facts:
The case is Dee C. Chuan & Sons, Inc. v. Court of Industrial Relations, G.R. No. L-2216, January 31, 1950, the Supreme Court En Banc, Tuason, J., writing for the Court. Petitioner Dee C. Chuan & Sons, Inc. sought relief from an order of the Court of Industrial Relations (CIR) issued during the pendency of a labor dispute between the petitioner and the respondent union Kaisahan ng Mga Manggagawa sa Kahoy sa Pilipinas (and other named respondents, including the Congress of Labor Organizations (CLO) and Julian Lomanog and his work-contract laborers).During the CIR proceedings the petitioner applied for authority "to hire about twelve (12) more laborers from time to time and on a temporary basis, to be chosen by the petitioner from either Filipinos or Chinese." The CIR granted permission but attached a condition that "the majority of the laborers to be employed should be native," effectively requiring a Filipino majority among the temporary hires. The order followed protracted hearings and opposition from the striking employees to the employment of temporary laborers.
Petitioner appealed to the Supreme Court, attacking the CIR order as an unconstitutional restriction on its liberty to hire and, implicitly, as discriminatory against aliens. The CIR defended its action as within the remedial powers vested by Commonwealth Act No. 103. The Supreme Court delivered a majority opinion authored by Justice Tuason affirming the CIR order, and a sep...(Subscriber-Only)
Issues:
- Does petitioner have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the CIR order on behalf of prospective alien employees?
- Did the Court of Industrial Relations have authority under Commonwealth Act No. 103 (specifically Sec. 13) to condition its grant of permission to hire temporary laborers by requiring that a majority be Filipinos?
- If the CIR had such authority, was the condition imposed arbitrary or violative of the constitutional guarantee of equ...(Subscriber-Only)
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