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Joe Ashley Agga, et al. Vs. National Labor Relations, et al.

JOE ASHLEY AGGA, VICTORINO MAKIMKIM, EDILBERTO EVANGELISTA, BENHUR SANTOS, RICHMOND CASTILLO, ROMEO AVILA, SEGUNDO GUADEZ, JR., OSCAR MALOLOY-ON, RICARDO BELDA, RUEL TONACAO, ROMULO DILAP-DILAP, JOSE SERGIO FRANCO, REYNALDO VILLAR, ROMULO DELA CRUZ, CAMILO CAIG, NICOLAS URSUA, MARTIN BA?EZ, JR., MARIO SOSA and WOODY PADILLA petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, SUPPLY OILFIELD SERVICES, INC. and UNDERSEAS DRILLING, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 123882 | 1998-11-16

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Private respondent Supply Oilfield Services, Inc. (SOS) hired petitioners to work on board SEDCO/BP 471, a drillship owned and operated by private respondent Underseas Drilling, Inc. (UDI).

The employment contracts ran for one year with petitioners enjoying two months' off with pay for every two months' duty. The contracts also provided that for service of 12 hours a day, 7 days a week in a two-shift 24-hour operation, petitioners would receive a fixed monthly compensation covering "basic rate, allowances, privileges, travel allowances and benefits granted by law during and after employment with the company."...