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Pangilinan, et al. vs. General Milling Corporation

ROSITA PANGILINAN, YOLANDA LAYOLA, SALLY GOLDE, AIDA QUITE, FERDINAND CALE, RAUL ARUITA, MANUEL ERIFUL, ARNEL PAULO, ROSEMARIE GEOTINA, SAMUELA KUMAR, REBECCA PEREZ, EDGAR BELLO, JOSEPH SORIANO, DANILO AMPULLER, TOLENTINO CALLAO, MANOLITA MANALANG, TORIBIO LETIM, NANCY BELGICA, ALFREDO ARELLANO, JOSEFA CEBUJANO, JUN DEL ROSARIO, AVELINO AGUILAR, MILAROSA TIAMSON, EDNA DICHOSO, JASMIN BOLISAY, JULIETA DIDAL, GERARDO BARISO, ANGELITO PE?AFLOR, NERISSA LETIM, ALEXANDER BARBOSA, ELIZABETH SAENS, NYMPHA LUGTU, MYRNA MORALES, LIZA CRUZ, ELENA FANG, EDNA CRUZA, GORGONIO PALMA, JOSE VERGARA, ALDRIN REMORQUE, RUDY BLANCO, MARIO BUENVIAJE, MA. CRISTY CEA, REYNALDO GUELAS VILLASENOR, RHOY TADO, LYDIA SALIPOT, ANGELITO PEREZ VERGARA, RODOLFO GACHO, JESSIE SAN PEDRO, MARINAO ORCA, JR., PEBELITO LERONA, PEPE CONGRESO, NIMFA NAPAO, WILHELMINA BAGUISA, OLIVIA CAINCAY, JERRY MANUEL NICOLAS, CARLOS ABRATIQUE, JESUS LIM, JR., AND GERRY ROXAS, Petitioners, versus GENERAL MILLING CORPORATION, Respondent.

G.R. No. 149329 | 2004-07-12

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.

Before this Court is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 51678 and its Resolution denying the motion for reconsideration thereon.

The Antecedents
 
The respondent General Milling Corporation is a domestic corporation engaged in the production and sale of livestock and poultry.[2] It is, likewise, the distributor of dressed chicken to various restaurants and establishments nationwide.[3] As such, it employs hundreds of employees, some on a regular basis and others on a casual basis, as "emergency workers."

The petitioners[4] were employed...