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University of the Immaculate Conception vs. Office of the Secretary of Labor and Employment et al

UNIVERSITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, PETITIONER, VS. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, ULC TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING EMPLOYEES UNION-FFW, OFELIA DIAPUEZ, M ELAN IE DE LA ROSA, ANGELINA ABADILLA, LELIAN CONCON, MARY ANN DE RAMOS, ZENAIDA CANOY, ALMA VILLACARLOS, PAULINA PALMA GIL, JOSIE BOSTON, GEMMA GALOPE AND LEAH CRUZA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 178085-178086 | 2015-09-14

 
D E C I S I O N
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
These consolidated cases stem from the labor dispute between petitioner University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC) and respondent UIC Teaching and Non-leaching Employees Union — FFW (the "Union") dating back to 1994. On January 23, 1995, the Secretary of Labor and Employment (the "Secretary") assumed jurisdiction over the dispute, docketed as OS-AJ-003-95, pursuant to his powers under Section 263(g) of the Labor Code.[1] The first consolidated case involves a question of whether the Secretary has the authority to order the creation of a tripartite committee to...