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New Manila Candy Workers Union vs. Court of Industrial Relations

NEW MANILA CANDY WORKERS UNION (NACONWA-PAFLU) and MAGDALENA PINGOL, CARMEN BELTRAN, JOVITA BUSTAMANTE, CECILIA YUMOL, ROSALINA TRIAS, MAGDALENA PABUSTAN, FLORENCIA ATANACIO, AURORA CEREZO, CORAZON ANGELES, ZOILA YAMBAO, DIONISIA FERRER, ANASTACIA MANAIT,

G.R. No. L-29728 | 1978-10-30

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

This is a petition for review on certiorari seeking a partial reconsideration of the decision of the Court of Industrial Relations dated July 18, 1968, granting full backwages to petitioners herein from September 1, 1967. The only issue to be resolved in this case is the date from which the backwages of petitioners will start. Petitioners contend that the starting date is March 10, 1961, when they were dismissed illegally by respondents.

The factual background of this case is recited in the decision under review from which We quote in part the following:

"On April 14, 1961, the Prosecutor of the Court...