Strike or lockout in industry indispensable to national interest

Article 263(g) was devised to maintain the status quo between the workers and management in a labor dispute causing or likely to cause a strike or lockout in an industry indispensable to the national interest, pending adjudication of the controversy. (University of Sto. Tomas vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 89920, October 18, 1990)