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Standard Chartered Bank Employees Union (NUBE) vs. Confessor

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK EMPLOYEES UNION (NUBE), petitioner, vs. The Honorable MA. NIEVES R. CONFESOR, in her capacity as SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; and the STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, respondents.

G.R. No. 114974 | 2004-06-16

D E C I S I O N


CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court filed by the Standard Chartered Bank Employees Union, seeking the nullification of the October 29, 1993 Order[1] of then Secretary of Labor and Employment Nieves R. Confesor and her resolutions dated December 16, 1993 and February 10, 1994.

The Antecedents

Standard Chartered Bank (the Bank, for brevity) is a foreign banking corporation doing business in the Philippines. The exclusive bargaining agent of the rank and file employees of the Bank is the Standard Chartered Bank Employees Union (the Union, for brevity).

In August of...