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CCBPI Post Mix Workers Union vs. NLRC, CCBP

CCBPI POSTMIX WORKERS UNION, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and COCA-COLA BOTTLERS, PHIL., INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 114521 | 1998-11-27

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

Although far from easy application in the field of labor-management relations, well-settled is the rule that a union officer who knowingly participates in an illegal strike, or in the commission of illegal acts during a strike, may be terminated from his employment. An ordinary striking worker, however, may not be dismissed from his job for mere participation in an illegal strike.1 [Gold City Integrated Port Services, Inc. vs. NLRC, 245 SCRA 627, 637-638.] There must be proof that he committed illegal acts during an illegal strike. Thus, absent any clear, substantial and convincing proof of illegal acts...