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Union Of Filipino Workers Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

UNION OF FILIPINO WORKERS (UFW) petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION SIMEX INTERNATIONAL INC., LILIA SANTANDER, GEORGE SANTANDER, and JOSEPH SANTANDER, respondents.

G.R. No. 90519 | 1992-03-23

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

This Petition for Certiorari seeks to set aside the Decision of public respondent National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), dated 26 August 1989, which reversed the Decision of the Labor Arbiter, dated 27 June 1988, and sustained the closure of private respondent company, SIMEX International Inc., as valid.

On 4 September 1987, a Petition for Direct Certification among the rank-and-file workers of SIMEX was filed before the Med Arbiter, docketed as Case No. 00-09-634-87 (Petition for Direct Certification), with the hearing thereof set for 18 September 1987. These workers subsequently affiliated...