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Nueva Ecija I Electic Cooperative Employees Association vs vs NLRC, NEECO I and Patricia dela Pena

NUEVA ECIJA I ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., (NEECO I) EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT RODOLFO JIMENEZ, and members, REYNALDO FAJARDO, ERNESTO MARIN, EVER GUEVARRA, PETRONILO BAGUISA, VICTORINO CARILLO, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, NUEVA ECIJA I ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., (NEECO I) and PATRICIO DELA PENA, respondents

G.R. No. 116066 | 2000-01-24

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Petitioners assail the decision1 [Rollo, pp. 67-76.] of the National Labor Relations Commission in NLRC RAB-III-03-2673-92, which modified the ruling of the Labor Arbiter, by deleting the award of moral and exemplary damages, as well as attorneys' fees and costs of litigation.

The facts, as found a quo, are as follows:

Petitioners Reynaldo Fajardo, Ernesto Marin, Ever Guevarra, Petronilo Baguisa, Victorino Carillo, and Erdie Javate were permanent employees of respondent Nueva Ecija I Electric Cooperative (NEECO I). They were members of petitioner NEECO I Employees Association, a labor organization established...