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Pilipino Telephone Corp vs. Pilipino Telephone Employees Asso et al.

PILIPINO TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus PILIPINO TELEPHONE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (PILTEA), PELAGIO S. BRIONES II, GEORGE L. DE LEON, LECEL M. FIDEL, AUGUSTO C. FRANCISCO, OLIVER B. ANTONIO, RONALDO B. CORONEL, CHRISTOPHER L. HERRERA and GEM TORRES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 160058 | 2007-06-22

                                         D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:


At bar are two consolidated petitions seeking review of the decision[1] and resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 59799 which modified the decision[3] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) by affirming the illegality of the strike conducted by Pilipino Telephone Employees Association (the Union) but reducing the penalty against union officers Pelagio S. Briones II, George De Leon, Lecel M. Fidel and Gem Torres from dismissal to...