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Philippine Airlines, Inc. vs NLRC, et al.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (FIRST DIVISION), PHILIPPINE AIRLINES EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PALEA), ARLENE SANTOS, JOSEPH ABACA, RAUL ADAN, AMMEN RAQUEL, MICHAEL ARCHANGEL, RUEL ASTRONOMO, CELIA BALAGTAS, ALBERTO BALUYOT, HARMAN BANSUELO, DAISY BIBAY FAUNI, JESUS BILAYA, EDGAR CABARDO, CESAR CADAGAT, JOSEFINA CAPOY, E. CAPRANGCA, JESSIE CATIGAN, HECTOR CORDERO, LUCAS CUSI, JR., JOSEPHINE DAMASO, CLEMENTE DE LA CRUZ, LEONCIO DE LAS ALAS, LAMBERTO DE LEON, VIOLETA DE SILVA, GLENN DEFELIZ, ENRIQUE DINEROS, ROSANNA DOTE, ROGELIO ESTUDILLO, ANIANO FABULA, BOBBY FERNANDEZ, CARLOS FOJAS, JOSEPH GALGO, DAVID HASHIM, MARIETT HERNANDEZ, VICTORIA JOVELLANOS, RODRIGO LAZARO, MA. DIVINA LEE, NOEL LEYNES, DELFIN MAG-ISA, ARLEEN MENDREBE, FELICIANO MESIAS, MA. NEY MINUCAN, JULIETA MIRANDA, JOSE MONZON, NESTOR OFIANA, MARIVIC ORDONEZ, ALFONSO OSORIO, NOEL PABLO, MANUELITO PEREZ, REMY RAMOS, TERESITA REMBOSIS, MARIO RODILLA, FERDINAND SALABER, EDWIN SALDANA, REBECCA SAMSON, REYNALDO SANTOS, PRINCESITA SORIANO, GERARDO SY, FELICIANO TATARO, NESTOR TATEL, EDUARDO TAYCO, EMILIA TENGCO, NELDINA TENORIO, RESTITUTO TUAZON, JOSEMARI TUGONON, FERNANDO UMALI, MANUEL URIAN, ROLAND VENTURA, ARNOLD VILLEGAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 110656 | 1998-09-03

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

At bar is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Revised Rules of Court, seeking to annul the Decision,1 [Penned by Commissioner Vicente S.E. Veloso, with Commissioners Bartolome S. Carale and Alberto R. Quimpo, concurring; First Division; Rollo, pp. 21-26.] dated May 19, 1993, of the National Labor Relations Commission ("NLRC") in NLRC-NCR Case No. 00-12-05086-88.

The antecedent facts that matter are, as follows:

In 1987, the private respondents were employed by Philippine Air Lines, Inc. ("PAL") as Junior Aircraft Mechanics with a salary of P1,860.00 a month. On October 1, 1987, they got a...