Rizalino Z. Alcosero, et al. Vs. NLRC, et al.

RIZALINO Z. ALCOSERO, ELIAS Z. ALCOSERO, OSCAR P. ATUP, FRANCISCO MANLOD, RAMON A. PAZ, MARLON ALCANTARA, BENJAMIN PURGANAN, JOSELITO M. BAYOT, RUFINO RAMOS, REGULO T. BALNEG, MANUEL L. CIAR, VIRGILIO D. FACUNLA, DOMINADOR GANIOLA, GODOFREDO VARGAS, TEJOME ALFREDO, ROMEO TUAZON, GEORGE VILLANUEVA, REUBEN VILLANUEVA, ROGELIO BABA, BENITO ALCOSERO, GILBERTO AMBION, FELIX BAYOT, REYNALDO BAYOT, NELSON BAYOT, RONNIE BAYOT, NATHANIEL BURGOS, HUNECITO CAMUS, OLIVER DE LEON, SANTIAGO ESTARES, JR., NORMAN B. GONZALES, RIZALINO OPULENCIA, ISAAC LABRILLAZO, JEMENIANO QUEVADA, BENITO AMBION, FLORENCIO CESICAR, RICKY DAYANG-HIRANG, ROGELIO AGUILA, EDWIN AGUILAR, MENANDRO ATIENZA, EFREN BAYOT, WILFREDO BASINILLO, JOSELITO CAUSAREN, EULOGIO CASAR, MARIETTA CESICAR, JOSEPH CEGAYLE, PATRICIA CUAMAG, ERNESTO DAGBAY, SOLOMON DELA PENA, JR., HENRY DE GUZMAN, MARIVIC DE GUZMAN, JOSEPH DE LEON, ROLLY DE VILLA, MARIO FERRER, NORMAN GONZALES, HIROLITO LINAWAN, ARNEL LUGTO, GENEROSO MADIANO, RODOLFO MAGNO, EDWIN MANLULU, RODOLFO MARINAS, NEMECIO MENDOZA, NONITO HICBAN, ROMEO PARAJITO, GAUDIOSO PALAGTIW, EDUARDO PALANCA, AMELITO RAPAL, PRIMITIVO SANTANA, RICARDO SICAT, LOLITO SUBOL, ARNEDO TAJAO, NONNY TUMANGAN, EDILBERTO UPO, ARISTEO URMENITA, MARCELINO BATION, FELINO CREMIN, BARTOLOME LEAL, GREG MARTIN, ANGELITO MALABANAN, ANTONIO NAVIDA, RICARDO PAR, FLORIZEL QUIAMBAO, JUANITO SEDUCON, MERLITO MADON, ELIAS PANCHO, PEDRO GERONO, ROMY LEGASPI, DOMINGO PAMA, REY REBOTON, ALONZO VIGAFRIA , ROBERTO BASINILLO, MARIO BONGABONG, PATRICK ALLAN CABRIT, VICTOR DANTE, ERNESTO LIVA, ROGER ONG, VICTOR PETALLANA, ELEUTERIO SUAREZ, HERNANITO LINAWAN, ROGELIO ANICETO, JOHN T. FENNETE, REY DURON, EUSEBIO TANGARO, DAMIANO ARCENA, URBANO NIONES, RHENE OLIVAR, RAUL SABALES, VICTOR NIONES, RITO RAMOS, ANTONIO TOLENTINO, GERALD DELA CHINA, EDGAR CARAEL, ROLANDO CASTRO, LEONILO GUMATO, VICENTE TRABUCON, EMETERIO MEDINA, MARIO SORIANO, CRISTINO TALBO, LOURDES GALLARDO, EMFROSO MOSQUERA, NESTOR RONTAL, JR., VICENCIO BAITAN, VICTOR BASACA, SAMUEL DELA CHINA, PATRICIO RENDAJE, FLORENCIO BASALAN, LUDEVICO HISULA, LEOPOLDO DELA CHINA, IRENEO OLIVEROS, SYLVIA PINEDA, BIBIANO TUIZA, EDILBERTO IBAG, CRISTINA P. ASIS, ROSENDA J. MARINAS, FELIPE RECENTES, TEODULO PATALINO and RUBY R. OMICTEN, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (FIFTH DIVISION), COMMISSIONERS MUSIB M. BUAT, OSCAR F. ABELLA, LEON G. GONZAGA, JR. and APEX MINING COMPANY, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 116884 | 1998-03-26

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BELLOSILLO, J:

WHILE the Constitution is committed to the policy of social justice and the protection of the working class, it should not be supposed that every labor dispute would automatically be decided in favor of labor. Management also has it own rights which, as such, are entitled to respect and enforcement in the interest of simple fair play. Out of its concern for those with less privileges in life, this Court has inclined more often than not toward the worker and upheld his cause in his conflicts with the employer. Such favoritism, however, has not blinded us to the rule that justice is in every case for the...