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New Pacific Timber Supply vs NLRC, Buat, Gonzaga et al

NEW PACIFIC TIMBER SUPPLY COMPANY, CO., INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, MUSIB M. BUAT, LEON G. GONZAGA, JR., ET AL., NATIONAL FEDERATION OF LABOR, MARIANO AKILIT and 350 OTHERS, respondents.

G.R. No. 124224 | 2000-03-17

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

May the term of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) as to its economic provisions be extended beyond the term expressly stipulated therein, and, in the absence of a new CBA, even beyond the three-year period provided by law? Are employees hired after the stipulated term of a CBA entitled to the benefits provided thereunder?

These are the issues at the heart of the instant petition for certiorari with prayer for the issuance of preliminary injunction and/or temporary restraining order filed by petitioner New Pacific Timber & Supply Company, Incorporated against the National Labor Relations Commission...