Case Digest (G.R. No. L-22243)
Facts:
Rileco, Inc. v. Mindanao Congress of Labor-Ramie United Farm Workers Association (Local) and the Court of Industrial Relations, G.R. No. L-22243. November 29, 1968, the Supreme Court, Dizon, J., writing for the Court (Concepcion, C.J., Reyes, J.B.L., Makalintal, Zaldivar, Sanchez, Castro, Fernando, and Capistrano, JJ., concurring).The dispute arose from a petition for a certification election filed in the Court of Industrial Relations by the Mindanao Congress of Labor-Ramie United Farm Workers Association-Local, which alleged it represented more than 10% of the employees at the Manolita Plantation, owned by Rileco, Inc., and that no certification election had been conducted during the preceding twelve months. The petitioner sought an order directing an election to determine the appropriate collective bargaining unit.
Rileco, Inc. moved to dismiss on two grounds: (1) that a valid collective bargaining agreement already existed between it and the Ledesma Plantation Laborers Union, which represented a majority of the plantation’s employees; and (2) that the Court of Industrial Relations (CIR) lacked jurisdiction because the Manolita plantation was engaged solely in agricultural work and thus its laborers were agricultural laborers beyond the CIR’s competence.
On April 22, 1963, the CIR issued an order requesting the Department of Labor to conduct an election among the 176 workers listed in Exhibit "X-Court" (Ramie Project), naming the contending unions. Rileco sought relief from the Supreme Court by an appeal by writ of certiorari to set aside the CIR order, contending that the ramie culture on the plantation was agricultural, not industrial, and hence outside the CIR’s jurisdiction.
The CIR’s order had relied on Section 12 of R.A. No. 875 in ...(Pro-only)
Issues:
- Does the Court of Industrial Relations have jurisdiction to direct a certification election for the Manolita Plantation workers?
- Is the ramie culture and the processing described at the Manolita Plantation an agricultural or an industr...(Pro-only)
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