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NDGM vs Laguesma

NOTRE DAME OF GREATER MANILA, Petitioner, versus Hon. BIENVENIDO E. LAGUESMA, (Undersecretary of the Department of Labor and Employment); Med-Arbiter TOMAS FALCONITIN; and NOTRE DAME OF GREATER MANILA TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES UNION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 149833 | 2004-06-29

DECISION




PANGANIBAN, J.:





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nless it has filed a petition for a certification election pursuant to Article 258 of the Labor Code, an employer has no standing to question such election or to interfere therein. Being the sole concern of the workers, the election must be free from the influence or reach of the company.

The Case


Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, challenging the March 31, 2000 Decision[2] and the August 28, 2001 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 51287. The assailed Decision disposed as follows:



-In sum, the Court finds that public respondents did...