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San Miguel Corporation vs. Mandaue Packing Products Plants-San Packaging Products -San Miguel Corporation Monthlies Rank and File Union.

SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION (MANDAUE PACKAGING PRODUCTS PLANTS), Petitioner, versus MANDAUE PACKING PRODUCTS PLANTS-SAN PACKAGING PRODUCTS - SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION MONTHLIES RANK-AND-FILE UNION - FFW (MPEOPLEP-SMPEOPLE-SMAMRFU-FFW), Respondent.

G.R. No. 152356 | 2005-08-16

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

Tinga, J.: 

The central question in this Petition for Review is on what date did respondent Mandaue Packing Products Plants-San Miguel Packaging Products-San Miguel Corporation Monthlies Rank-And-File Union-FFW acquire legal personality in accordance with the Implementing Rules of the Labor Code. The matter is crucial since respondent filed a petition for certification election at a date when, it is argued, it had yet to acquire the requisite legal personality. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Court of Appeals both ruled that respondent had acquired legal personality on the...