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University Of Sto. Tomas Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

UNIVERSITY OF STO. TOMAS, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, UST FACULTY UNION, respondents.

G.R. No. 89920 | 1990-10-18

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

May a university, pending resolution by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) of its labor dispute with its union, comply with a readmission order by granting substantially equivalent academic assignments, in lieu of actual reinstatement, to dismissed faculty members?

On June 19, 1989, the University of Sto. Tomas (UST), through its Board of Trustees, terminated the employment of all sixteen union officers and directors of respondent UST Faculty Union on the ground that "in publishing or causing to be published in Strike Bulletin No. 5 dated August 4, 1987, the libelous and defamatory...