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Gonzales, Leonardo , et al. Vs. Secretary of Labor, et al.

LEONARDO GONZALES, TEODORO B. RACCA, MAURO MAGHIRANG, MARCELINO BALTAZAR, FLORENTINO RAYMUNDO, BERNAVEDA BENAVIDES, ROSARIO DE LA CRUZ, EUGENIA DE LA TORRE, GERMAN ADRIOSOLA, ANGEL TUASON, EMITERIO ASUNCION, EUFRACIO MABASA, JOSE BRIONES, TOMAS JUZGAYA, NORE TORRES, JESUS CALFO, FRANCISCO BOTE, BENJAMIN CATITER, AMADO CATITER, TURIANO FLORES, and SOFIO GUILLERMO, petitioners, vs. HON. SECRETARY OF LABOR, SMITH BELL & COMPANY and/or PIONEER BUSINESS FORMS and/or PHILIPPINE BUSINESS FORMS and/or BELISLE INVESTMENT AND FINANCE COMPANY, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-49524 | 1982-09-11

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

APPEAL by certiorari from the decision of the Secretary (now Minister) of Labor which affirmed the dismissal, by the National Labor Relations Commission, of the complaint filed in NLRC Case No. 6065-ULP, entitled: "Leonardo Gonzales, et al., complainants, versus Smith Bell & Co., et al., respondents," upon the ground that it is barred by a prior judgment or res adjudicata.

It is not disputed that the herein petitioners were employees of the Philippine Business Forms, Inc. and members of a labor union known as the SAMAHANG PINAGBUKLOD NG MGA MANGGAGAWA SA PHILIPPINE BUSINESS FORMS, INC. Due to some...