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G.R. No. L--5062 April 29, 1953

MANILA TRAING ! "#$$L% C&., '(. MANILA TRAING
LA)&R A""&CIATI&N
*ACT" :
Respondent Labor Association made a demand from their employer (petitioner
company) for increase of personnel, Christmas bonus, and other gratuities and
privileges.
This demand as refused
!ailed to e"ect an amicable settlement, The #epartment of Labor, hose
assistance as also sought by the Labor Association, certi$ed the dispute to
the Court of !irst %nstance
The same day it as $led, &etitioner also applied to the same court for
authority to lay o" '( laborers due to )poor business*
+arious hearings ere conducted for both cases in the C!% here the president
and vice,president of the association, of their on volition, attended and
absented themselves from or-
They are no claiming that they ere entitled for their ages
C!% found merit in their claim and ordered the company to pay them their
ages
&etitioner .uestioned the authority of the C!% to issue such an order and as-s
the Court to have it annulled
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o /hether the C!% may re.uire an employer to pay the ages of o0cers of its
employees1 labor union hile attending the hearing of cases beteen the
employer and the union
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/hen in case of stri-es, and according to the C%R even if the stri-e is legal,
stri-ers may not collect their ages during the days they did not go to or-,
for the same reasons if not more, laborers ho voluntarily absent themselves
from or- to attend the hearing of a case in hich they see- to prove and
establish their demands against the company, the legality and propriety of
hich demands is not yet -non, should lose their pay during the pay during
the period of such absence from or-.
The age,old rule governing the relation beteen labor and capital or
management and employee is that of a )fair day1s age for a fair day1s
labor.*%f there is no or- performed by the employee there can be no age or
pay, unless of course, the laborer as able, illing and ready to or- but as
illegally loc-ed out, dismissed or suspended. %t is hardly fair or 4ust for an
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employee or laborer to $ght or litigate against his employer on the employer1s
time.