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Marcopper Mining Corp. vs NLRC, et al.

MARCOPPER MINING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and NATIONAL MINES AND ALLIED WORKERS' UNION (NAMAWU-MIF), respondents.

G.R. No. 103525 | 1996-03-29

KAPUNAN, J.:


Social justice and full protection to labor guaranteed by the fundamental law of this land is not some romantic notion, high in rhetoric but low in substance. The case at bench provides yet another example of harmonizing and balancing the "right of labor to its just share in the fruits of production and the right of enterprises to reasonable returns on investments, and to expansion and growth." 1

In this petition for certiorari and prohibition under Rule 65 of the Revised Rules of Court, Marcopper Mining Corporation impugns the decision rendered by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) on 18 November 1991 in...