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Coca-Cola vs Delfin Hingpit, et al

COCA-COLA Bottlers, Phils., Inc., petitioner, vs. DELFIN HINGPIT, GABRIEL FRANCISCO, JR., CECILIO PINAR, JR., ABUNDIO BALATERO, NARITO MANLULUYO, SECERO ZAMORA, MEDARDO GABINES, ENRIQUES BANGALAO, JULITO APAT, SOTERO PANDAN, NELSON UMALI, and the NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. 127238 | 1998-08-25

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, CJ.:

The special civil action of certiorari at bar concerns seven (7) cases against petitioner Coca-Cola Bottling, Phils., Inc. instituted in the Regional Arbitration Branch of the National Labor Relations Commission in Cebu City over a period of four years or so, by eleven (11) persons claiming to be employees of the company's Tagbilaran City plant. These were:

(1) RAB Case No. VII-07-12-0657-88 initiated on August 9, 1988 by Delfin Hingpit for "illegal dismissal, back wages and damages;"

(2) RAB Case No. VII-05-0398-89 filed on February 13, 1989 by Gabriel Francisco for "unjust dismissal, non-payment of...