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Philippine Airlines, Inc. Vs. Nieves R. Confesor, Et Al.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., petitioner, vs. HON. SECRETARY OF LABOR NIEVES R. CONFESOR and PHILIPPINE AIRLINES EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 111480 | 1994-03-10

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

This petition for certiorari filed by petitioner Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL) seeks to annul the Orders dated June 30, 1993 and July 30, 1993 of respondent Secretary of Labor Nieves R. Confesor which directed the inclusion of benefits worth at least P1.268 billion in its collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the respondent Philippine Airlines Employees' Association (PALEA).

The facts are as follows: On September 30, 1992, the non-representation aspects or economic package of the 1989-1992 CBA between PAL and PALEA expired. That same day, PALEA expressed its desire to renegotiate the CBA and submitted...