Algire vs. De Mesa

Algire vs. De Mesa
GR No. 97622, October 19, 1994

Facts:
Universal Robina Textile Monthly Salaried Employees Union (URTMSEU) filed a petition for the holding of an election of union officers to represent the union in the collective bargaining agreement with the management of Universal robina Textile. the employees were to choose between Algire, et al. and de Mesa et al.

Issue:
Whether the election held was a consent election

Held: Yes, it was.
The election held on November 15, 1990 was a consent election and not a certification election. It was an agreed one, the purpose being merely to determine the issue of majority representation of all the workers in the appropriate collective bargaining unit. It is a separate and distinct process and has nothing to do with the import and effort of a certification election.