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Universal Corn Products vs NLRC

UNIVERSAL CORN PRODUCTS (A DIVISION OF UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION), petitioner, vs. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and JOSE ARMAS, ENGRACIO ASIS, AUSTERINAO, ELEUTERIO, FAUSTINO ATIENZA, MARIO ALTARES, JAIME ALTARES, ISIDRO ARANO, LEONILO ARANO, ALFREDO ANCHETA, DOMINGO ANCHETA, RIZALITO, ABANTO, RIZALITO, CRESENCIO ASCUTIA, JESUS ASCUTIA, FELICIANO ABORQUE, WILFREDO ARMENIO, ALEJANDRO ABAGAT, PABLO ADLAWAN, FILEMON ABADINES, ROMEO AREVALO, PABLO BUTIAL, BANAAG REMIGIO, LUCIO BERDIJO, ANTONIO BIONSON, ABELARDO BRACAMONTE, SAMSON BORDEOS, TEODORO, BARBIANA, FRANCISCO BABOR, HERCULANO BARRAMEDA, RODRIGO BONGAIS, JAIME BERANA, EDUARDO, BUENAVENTURA, RODRIGO BAUTISTA, FELEMON BAUTISTA, DIONISIO BERNALES, MARIANO BALAGTAS, ALFREDO BERNADAS, EPIGENIO BORDEOS, BRIGIDO BAER, OSCAR BONDOC, JOSE BONDOC, ROMEO BUCAYAN, VITALIANO BATOBATO, DOMINGO BALLON, JOSE BORLEO, JOSE BORJA, RUFINO CLEMENTE, JUAN CABALLERO, TRANQUILINA, CAUSON, AUGORIO CALNEA, LEOPOLDO CUARTERO, ALBERTO CATBAGAN, ROMEO CALIVO, ANDRES CUNTAPAY, ALBERTO CASTRO, CASTOR RODRIGO, SIMPLICIO CACATIAN, NILO DALANON, BIENVENIDO DUMAGAT, SR., BIENVENIDO DUMAGAT, JR., DOMINADOR DUMANTAY, TEODORO DULOMBAL, RODOLFO DANDAN, SALVADOR DASIGO, ELIAS DASIGO, FRANCISCO ESTOLANO, LEOPOLDO ESTIOCO, ROGELIO ESTANISLAO, MONTANO ESTANISLAO, ELIAS ESTRADA, ERNESTO ESTABALLIO, FERNANDO FERNANDEZ, PEDRO GETEZO, ALFONSO DE GUZMAN, LORENZO DE GUZMAN, MODESTO DE GUZMAN, ARELLANO GARCIA, ALFREDO GARCIA, MANUEL GOROSPE, RAYMUNDO GELLIDO, RODOLFO GALEON, ROMEO GONZALES, GERARDO GERMEDIA, BENITO GALE, ROBERTO HASAL, EDILBERTO HERNANDEZ, RAFAEL IGUIZ, MARGARITO, JAVIER, PABLO, JOSE, PEDRO JOVE, CELEDONIO JACA, REYNALDO JALLA, EDUARDO JUMAQUIO, DOMINGO JUANO, AGUSTIN KHO, ANTONIO LAMERA, RODOLFO LINEZO, MANUEL LAMBATIN, MANUEL LOPEZ, BENEDICTO LOPEZ, MARIANO LARA, ELINO MISA, FRANCISCO MINA, RODOLFO MIRABEL, ROGER MIRABEL, ROLANDO MIRABEL, OSCAR MARTINEZ, MIGUEL MANACIO, PEDRO MANALO, LEOPOLDO MARQUEZ, ANTONIO, MEDINA, SALVADOR MARAINAN, NAPOLEON MAGAYA, ALFREDO MAQUI, EDUARDO MILLET, PABLO MENDEZ, DULCISIMO NATIVIDAD, ROMEO NAGTALON, ALFONSO NOQUEZ, ALEJANDRO NOQUEZ, ANASTACIO NIVAL, EMILIO ORTIZ, PONCIANO ORLANDA, GERARDO POSADAS, ATICO PEDRIGOZA, ALFREDO PASCUA, LEONARDO PATRON, MIGUEL PACHECO, DOMINGO PACHECO, FELIMON POLICARPIO, ERNESTO QUIJANO, EFREN QUIBOTE, SIMEON RESCO, FERNANDO REYNOSO, EMILIO RIVERA, GRACIANO RAMOS, REYNALDO RAMIREZ, PAQUITO RAMIREZ, THOMAS ROSARIO, JR., ROMULO REYES, REYNALDO RAPSING, ALFREDO DEL ROSARIO, FLORENCIO SASAN, ALFONSO SAMSON, LUIS SUAREZ, GREGORIO SOMODO, FRANCISCO SAPLAN, LUCIANO SARNO, RICARDO SOREL, CRESENCIO SANTOS, ARSENIO SERGA, JR., BALTAZAR TALATO, DIOSDADO TULANG, EUGENIO TOLENTINO, AMADOR TABULOG, LAZARO TORRES, JAIME TRAJANO, GENEROSO TANTE, SERGIO TABUAC, ANASTACIO TIMOG, DANIEL UDAN, HERMENIGILDO VITO, VICENTE VITO, BENJAMIN VILLAMOR, ARTURO VALIENTE, ERNESTO VALIENTE, FELICISIMO VERA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60337 | 1987-08-21

D E C I S I O N

SARMIENTO, J.:

The petitioner invokes National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) v. Ovejera, 1 in which we held that Presidential Decree No. 851, 2 the 13th-month pay law, does not cover employers already paying their employees an "equivalent" to the 13th month pay.

There is no dispute as to the facts.

Sometime in May, 1972, the petitioner and the Universal Corn Products Workers Union entered into a collective bargaining agreement in which it was provided, among other things, that:

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The COMPANY agrees to grant all regular workers within the bargaining unit, with at least one (1) year of continuous service, a...