Rodolfo Fuentes, et al. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

RODOLFO FUENTES, RAINERIO DURON, JULIET VISTAL, ELENA DELLOMES, LEODEGARIO BALHINON, ROGELIO MALINAO, LILY BASANEZ, MALIZA ELLO, VILMA NOQUERA, JESSICA CASTILLO, ROGELIO TABLADILLO, REMELDA VISCAYA, MELANIA VISCAYA, CELIA LUBRICO, EDITH LLACUNA, ELPIDIO FERRER, NORBERTO MIRANDA, FERNANDO MIRANDA, CORDIO DUMAY, LEONARDO DELA VEGA, ISIDRO ALIDO, AQUINO MACABEHA, LEOPOLDO ABAA, PAULINO ASIS, JR., REYNALDO BLANCO, MADILYN FABON, MARCIANA OSOK, BEBIANO OSOK, FRANCISCO SEMULTA, MARCIA LLAMES, PRINCIPE DANIEL, MARIA BAYA, NENITA RASONABLY, SORIANO PENALOSA, JOSE PENALOSA, RODOLFO VILLAR, REMEGIAS DEMINGOY, TEODORO TUGOGON, DIONISIO APOLINARIO, EDYING DE LA CRUZ, RODOLFO BUTAUAN, CRISPIN FABON, ARCADIO FABON, NENITA SARDINOLA, ALEX LICAYAN, MARIO DAL, BADON EDUARDO, FELISA VILLAREL, EMILY GARAN, ROGELIO GARAN, RODOLFO COLITE, RODOLFO MENIANO, ROMERO TERRY, ZOILO VALLEJOS, VIRGINIA BANDERA, BLANDINA LUNA, FLAXIANA CARLON, CRESENCIO CARLON, NOTARTE LEONARDA, EFREN CANTERE, ROWENA CAGUMAY, ALFONSO PARAJES, VIOLETA MONTECLAR, NESTOR ALLADO, JR., APOLINARIO CULATAS, LANNIE CAPARAS, ANGELICO NUNEZ, JR., NICOLAS CANAL, HERMOGENA TAGLOCOP, ALEJO BAUMBAD, CARLITO DE LA PENA, AMANCIO ABOYLO, JERRY PARALES, LYDIA ALLADO, AGAPITO ODAL, MAGNO BARIOS, FLORENDO MARIANO, SOLATORIO BONIFACIO, RENE DEMINGOY, FELIMON ADORNO, VIRGILIO INOCENCIO, RUEL INOCENCIO, AVELINO LUNA, ALLAN MARCELLANA, FELIX SANCHEZ, AVELINO PANDI, VILLA SORIO, NOEL LAS PENAS, FRANCISCO GARDO, ROGELIO CULLABA, GEORGE RAGAR, CARMELITO CABRIADAS, ANANIAS MELLORIA, ALFONSO ALLADO, MARLINO MARTINEZ, LINO MARTINEZ, ERNESTO OLARAN, JOHNNY JOSAYAN, ANECITO SOBIONO, MARGARITO DUMALAGAN, FRANCISCO CABALES, FELIX ROCERO, PABLITO DAPAR, FRANCISCA CABALHIN, FORTUNATA BAUMBAD, CARMEN RADAY, NICOLAS TAMON, REYNALDO CANTORIA, ELMER NAPONE, ANTONIO VALLAR, BERNADITH TOLOZA, EMETERIA FERRER, CLANICA CABALES, CLAUDIO OJUYLAN, ERLINDA BLANCO, ROSITA DURON, FRANCISCA ADLAWON, CARDINAL MAGLISANG, JOVEN ASIS, JOSE FLORES, ALICIA FLORES, JULIETO ADORNO, LORENZO CANINES, ISAAC CELLASAY, ANDRES INDIABLE, ARSENIO DURON, NARCISA MALASPINA, ROQUE SUBAAN, GRACE DURON, JAIME BALMORIA, PEDRO PECASALES, PRIMITORAGAS and GRACE GOMA, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, 5TH DIVISION, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, AGUSAN PLANTATION INC., AND/OR CHANG CHEE KONG, respondents.

G.R. No. 110017 | 1997-01-02

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

The State is bound under the Constitution to afford full protection to labor and when conflicting interests of labor and capital are to be weighed on the scales of social justice the heavier influence of the latter should be counterbalanced with the sympathy and compassion the law accords the less privileged workingman. This is only fair if the worker is to be given the opportunity and the right to assert and defend his cause not as a subordinate but as part of management with which he can negotiate on even plane. Thus labor is not a mere employee of capital but its active and equal partner. 1

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