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Jovencio L. Mayor vs. Catalino Macaraeg, et al. / Pascual V. Reyes vs. Hon. Franklin Drilon / Ceferino E. Reyes ,et al. Vs. Hon. Catalino Macaraig. Jr./ Rolando Gambito vs. the Sec. Of Labor and Employment, et al.

JOVENCIO L. MAYOR, petitioner, vs. HON. CATALINO MACARAIG, HON. GUILLERMO CARAGUE, HON. RIZALINA CAJUCOM, HON. FRANKLIN DRILON, respondents. LOURDES A. SALES and RICARDO OLAIREZ, petitioners-intervenors.

G.R. No. 87211 | 1991-03-05

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, J p:

Five (5) special civil actions are hereby jointly decided because they involve one common, fundamental issue, the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 6715, effective March 21, 1989, in so far as it declares vacant "all positions of the Commissioners, Executive Labor Arbiters and Labor Arbiters of the National Labor Relations Commission," and operates to remove the incumbents upon the appointment and qualification of their successors. The law is entitled, "AN ACT TO EXTEND PROTECTION TO LABOR, STRENGTHEN THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF WORKERS TO SELF-ORGANIZATION, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND PEACEFUL CONCERTED...