PHILIPPINE TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS ORGANIZATION (PTGWO-ITF) PETITIONER, VS. HON. JUDGE JULIO VILLAMOR AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., RESPONDENTS. RESOLUTION

REGALA, J.:

This Court, in a resolution dated December 18, 1964, requested the parties to
show cause why the petition in this case should not be dismissed for the reason
that the strike of the Northwest Airlines Flight Engineers in the United States,
which precipitated the action of the petitioner, has already been settled. The
petitioner, in its manifestation, stated that the dispute of the International
Association of Machinists, in behalf of the Flight Engineers of the Northwest
Airlines, which gave rise to the labor dispute, had already been submitted to an
arbitration board in America. The petitioner further admitted that the picketing
in the strike of the Flight Engineers-had therefore ceased.

However, the petitioner feels that the question to be decided is whether the
term “affiliation” provided in Republic Act No. 875 in the interpretation of
section 9(d) therefor would be construed to mean an international affiliation,
and this question should still be decided by the Supreme Court as a guide for
future labor disputes. Hence, the petitioner wants this case to be decided in
the interest of jurisprudence.

This Court, however, feels that the case has become moot and academic, hence,
tihe petition is hereby dismissed. Without costs.

Bengzon, C.J., Bautista Angelo, Reyes, J. B. L., Barrera, Paredes, Dizon,
Makalintal, Bengzon J. P. and Zaldivar, JJ., concur.