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Caltex Refinery Employees Assoc. vs. Jose S. Brillantes, et al.

CALTEX REFINERY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (CREA), petitioner vs. HON. JOSE S. BRILLANTES, in his capacity as Acting Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment, and CALTEX (PHILIPPINES), Inc., respondents.

G.R. No. 123782 | 1997-09-16

R E S O L U T I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Unless shown to be clearly whimsical, capricious or arbitrary, the orders or resolutions of the secretary of labor and employment resolving conflicts on what should be the contents of a collective bargaining agreement will be respected by this Court. We realize that, oftentimes, such orders and resolutions are based neither on definitive shades of black or white, nor on what is legally right or wrong. Rather, they are grounded largely on what is possible, fair and reasonable under the peculiar circumstances of each case.

Statement of the Case

Petitioner Caltex Refinery Employees Association (CREA)...