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PNOC Dockyard And Eng'g. Corp., Vs. NLRC, et al.

PNOC DOCKYARD AND ENGINEERING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, BATAAN REFINERS UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES (BRUP), PNOC-COAL CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (PCC-ELU), KAPISANAN NG MALAYANG MANGGAGAWA-PNOC DOCKYARD AND ENGINEERING CORPORATION (KMM-PDEC), PNOC SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (PSTCEA), ERNESTO M. ESTRELLA, FELIMON PAGLINAWAN, RUFINO ANDAYA, GENEROSO MERCADO, JOHNNY CLARIANES and LEO ORRICA, respondents.

G.R. No. 118223 | 1998-06-26

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

The Constitution mandates the state to afford full protection to labor. To achieve this goal, technical rules of procedure shall be liberally construed in favor of the working class in accordance with the demands of substantial Justice.

The Case

This petition for review under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeks to set aside the Decision 1 dated August 12, 1993, promulgated by the National Labor Relations Commission 2 (NLRC) in NLRC NCR CC No. 000033-92, the dispositive portion of which reads: 3

"WHEREFORE, premises considered, respondent PNOC-subsidiaries are declared guilty of illegal dismissal,...