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UNIVERSITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPCION, SR. MARIA JACINTA DE BELEN, RVM, DR. ELVIGIA C. SANCHEZ, DR. ALICIA SAYSON, and SR. MARIA FULACHE, RVM vs. U.I.C. TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEES UNION, ELMAN GUBATON, GEORGE VERGARA, VICTORIA RANESES, TERESITA ABEAR, GERARDO BETANIO, ROBERTO MAGALLEN, JANET JOAN MAGTURO, EDNA DEL MUNDO, HELEN RODRIGUEZ, MARIETTA BALANAY, ELLMAR ROSALES, PIO GALASANAY, MAILA JOAQUIN, ROSITA ABEAR, PETER JOHN BARTE, RUBEN GARAUTA, HENRY NARBAY, EVANGELINE BRAGA

UNIVERSITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPCION, SR. MARIA JACINTA DE BELEN, RVM, DR. ELVIGIA C. SANCHEZ, DR. ALICIA SAYSON, and SR. MARIA FULACHE, RVM, petitioners, vs. U.I.C. TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEES UNION, ELMAN GUBATON, GEORGE VERGARA, VICTORIA RANESES, TERESITA ABEAR, GERARDO BETANIO, ROBERTO MAGALLEN, JANET JOAN MAGTURO, EDNA DEL MUNDO, HELEN RODRIGUEZ, MARIETTA BALANAY, ELLMAR ROSALES, PIO GALASANAY, MAILA JOAQUIN, ROSITA ABEAR, PETER JOHN BARTE, RUBEN GARAUTA, HENRY NARBAY, EVANGELINE BRAGA, respondents.

G.R. No. 144702 | 2001-07-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision,[1] dated February 18, 2000, and resolution,[2] dated August 18, 2000, of the Court of Appeals, affirming the decision of the National Labor Relations Commission which set aside the decision of the Labor Arbiter.

The background of this case is as follows:

Petitioner University of the Immaculate Concepcion (UIC) is an educational institution in Davao City run by the Religious of the Virgin Mary. Petitioners Sister Maria Jacinta de Belen, RVM, Dr. Elvigia Sanchez, Dr. Alicia M. Sayson, and Sister Maria Fulache, RVM, are the President, Vice President...