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Central Negros Electric Coop., Inc. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

CENTRAL NEGROS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (CENECO) petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, FOURTH DIVISION, CEBU CITY, JOSE HICETA, REGINA ILON, GILDERBRANDO GISON, EPIFANIO MUYCO, EMILIANO OQUINA, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. 106246 | 1994-09-01

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Private respondents are employees of petitioner, an electric cooperative company. They have worked for petitioner from a high of four and one half (4 1/2) years to a low of ten (10) months. Their work forms as integral part of the business of petitioner. Despite the length of their service, they were extended permanent appointments only on July 13, 1988, retroactive to June 16, 1988.

Petition has a collective bargaining agreement with its employees' union for a duration of three (3) years from April 1, 1987 up to March 31, 1990. Article VII of the agreement provides for the following wage increase:

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