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National Federation of Labor (NFL) vs NLRC 327 SCRA 158

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF LABOR, ABELARDO SANGADAN, LUCIANO RAMOS, NESTOR TILASAN, GREGORIO TILASAN, JOAQUIN GARCIA, ROGELIO SABAITAN, CASTRO LEONARDO, PILARDO POTENCIANO, RONILLO POTENCIANO, SANTIAGO SABAITAN, JOVENCIO BARTOLOME, JUANITO CONCERMAN, GEORGE TUMILAS, PATROCINIO DOMINGO, AVELINO FRANCISCO, MELITON SANGADAN, ALEXANDER GERONIMO, JOAQUIN GERONIMO, RAMIL MACASO, LAMBERTO JOVEN, CRISTINO GARINA, SAMMY GANTAAN, NACIAL USTALAN, EDWIN USTALAN, ROLAND POTENCIANO, RODY CONCERMAN, ELMER DOMINGO, ARNAGUEZ SANGADAN, UNDING BOLENG, EDUARDO BOLENG, ROBERTO PANEO and HENRY SANGADAN, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (5th Division), PATALON COCONUT ESTATE and/or CHARLIE REITH as General Manager and SUSIE GALLE REITH, as owner, respondents

G.R. No. 127718 | 2000-03-02

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us is a special civil action for certiorari to set aside and annul two (2) resolutions of the National Labor Relations Commission1  promulgated on April 24, 19962 and August 29, 1996 3 denying the award of separation pay to petitioners.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

Petitioners are bona fide members of the National Federation of Labor (NFL), a legitimate labor organization duly registered with the Department of Labor and Employment. They were employed by private respondents Charlie Reith and Susie Galle Reith, general manager and owner, respectively, of the 354-hectare Patalon Coconut...