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Samahang Manggagawa Ng Rizal Park, Et Al. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

SAMAHANG MANGGAGAWA NG RIZAL PARK and DOMINGO ENRIQUEZ, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and NATIONAL PARK DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, respondents. Merito R. Fernandez for petitioners.

G.R. No. 94372 | 1991-06-21

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The petitioners were dismissed by the National Park Development Committee, private respondent herein, on the supercilious ground that their continued employment was "not compatible with the rules of the New Society." That was in 1972, shortly after the imposition of martial law. When the petitioners complained to the Department of Labor, their dismissal was sustained by the Labor Arbiter. This was not surprising because the year was 1976 and martial law was still in force.

What is surprising is this. When his decision was appealed to the NLRC, the public respondent also affirmed the dismissal albeit on a...