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Naga College Foundation Education Workers Organization (NCFEWO) vs Labor Arbiter Bose

NAGA COLLEGE FOUNDATION EDUCATION WORKERS ORGANIZATION [NCFEWO], GERARDO J. SAMAN, EDUARDO C. LAURELES, NESTOR P. AVENIDO AND OLIVE CEA, Petitioners, vs HON. VITO C. BOSE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE LABOR ARBITER, REGIONAL ARBITRATION BRANCH NO. V, LEGASPI CITY AND NAGA COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND DR. MELCHOR T. VILLANUEVA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 122633 | 1998-04-20

D E C I S I O N 

MENDOZA, J : 

Petitioners were employees of the Naga College Foundation of which private respondent Melchor T. Villanueva is the President. In 1990, petitioners filed a Complaint with the Regional Arbitration Branch of the National Labor Relations Commission [NLRC] in Naga City for unfair labor practice, reinstatement, backwages and damages against private respondents, alleging illegal dismissal. On the other hand, private respondents filed a Complaint against petitioners for conducting an illegal strike. 

The cases were consolidated and referred to the public respondent Executive Labor Arbiter [ELA] in...