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Banana Growers Collective, et al. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

BANANA GROWERS COLLECTIVE AT PUYOD FARMS and Individual Growers: CYNTHIA P. ZAFRA, MILAGROS P. CEGSIACO, MARCELA PUYOD, LUCIANO PUYOD II, MRYNA P. SOLSKI, CONCEPCION P. YULO, EVELYN PUYOD, MAURO PUYOD, SYLVIA P. RIETA and JACQUELENE P. MARCELINO, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF LABOR (NFL), ESPERIDION GALLEGO, JULIE TAMON, DIONISIO GEMOTA, FLORENTINO HINDAP, ANTONIO ALINSOLORIS, CRESENCIO BASTIDA, SAMUEL ALBURO, VICENTE SUHAYON, EDUARDO MAPATOL, SOFRONIO AMISTOSO, RIO BERNAL, DOMINADOR ESCOTO, SOTERO BYCO, NESTOR AMPARIAS, WILLIAM EQUNA, ORENCIO BOLANIO, DOMINGO GAUCO, LUCIANO CARCELLER, SIXTO SUHAYON, CERENIO MAPICRE, JAIME ABANA, ALBRANDO GAMAY, RUPERTO GARADO, MANALO DAROY, DELIO DELAFUENTE, CARMELO PUSTA and RAMON HINDAP, respondents.

G.R. No. 113958 | 1997-07-31

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

In this petition for certiorari, the petitioners pray for the reversal of the Resolution of the Fifth Division of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in Cagayan de Oro City which held that petitioners illegally dismissed private respondent agricultural workers on the ground of retrenchment in the Puyod Farms.

Federico Puyod, Sr. operated a banana farm in Mabuhay, Carmen, Davao del Norte. In 1988, Puyod Farms hired private respondent workers, except for Reo (Rio) Bernal and Nestor Amperias (Amparias) who were hired in January, 1989. Private respondents worked on the farms with such assignments as...