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DOLE PHILIPPINES, INC., THOMAS W. OLIVER, MANUEL LOPEZ, ELIEZER TANLAPCO and JOEL BATISLAONG vs. NLRC (FIFTH DIVISION), JUAN A. BARRANCO, ADELA DE LARA, ZENAIDA V. VALLAGANAS, MAXIMO A. CRUZ, TERESITA A. PELAEZ, ADELAIDA C. PENIG, ROBERTO P. LA-AB, JESUS B. MARITORIA, LILIA B. BALUCANAG, PANFILO PUEBLA, DELIA B. PUEBLA, RODOLFO ANTONIO, ROGELIO E. DIZON, DEMOCRITO LLOREN, FELIZA PERALES, EULALIO TEJERO, SILVESTRE PERALES, FRANCISCO ACEDO, DEMETRIO ASUQUE, LEONIDES ABUSEJO, and AIDA ARPILLEDA

DOLE PHILIPPINES, INC., THOMAS W. OLIVER, MANUEL LOPEZ, ELIEZER TANLAPCO and JOEL BATISLAONG, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (FIFTH DIVISION), JUAN A. BARRANCO, ADELA DE LARA, ZENAIDA V. VALLAGANAS, MAXIMO A. CRUZ, TERESITA A. PELAEZ, ADELAIDA C. PENIG, ROBERTO P. LA-AB, JESUS B. MARITORIA, LILIA B. BALUCANAG, PANFILO PUEBLA, DELIA B. PUEBLA, RODOLFO ANTONIO, ROGELIO E. DIZON, DEMOCRITO LLOREN, FELIZA PERALES, EULALIO TEJERO, SILVESTRE PERALES, FRANCISCO ACEDO, DEMETRIO ASUQUE, LEONIDES ABUSEJO, and AIDA ARPILLEDA, respondents.

G.R. No. 120009 | 2001-09-13

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

At issue in this case is the validity of petitioner company's redundancy program pursuant to which the respondent employees were dismissed.

Petitioner Dole Philippines, Inc., is a corporation organized and existing under Philippine laws. It is engaged in the business of growing, canning, processing and manufacturing pineapples and other allied products. The other petitioners were Dole corporate officers at the time the cases were instituted.[1]

Private respondents were Dole's employees of different ranks and positions.

The petition alleges that in 1990 and 1991, Dole carried out a massive manpower...