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University of Immaculate Concepcion vs Hon Secretary of Labor, et al.

UNIVERSITY OF IMMACULATE, CONCEPCION, INC., Petitioner, versus THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF LABOR, THE UIC TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEES UNION, LELIAN CONCON, MARY ANN DE RAMOS, JOVITA MAMBURAM, ANGELINA ABADILLA, MELANIE DE LA ROSA, ZENAIDA CANOY, ALMA VILLACARLOS, JOSIE BOSTON, PAULINA PALMA GIL, GEMMA GALOPE, LEAH CRUZA, DELFA DIAPUEZ, Respondent.

G.R. No. 151379 | 2005-01-14



FIRST DIVISION
DECISION

AZCUNA, J.:

This is a petition for review of a decision of the Court of Appeals and the resolution denying reconsideration thereof. The principal issue to be resolved in this recourse is whether or not the Secretary of Labor, after assuming jurisdiction over a labor dispute involving an employer and the certified bargaining agent of a group of employees in the workplace, may legally order said employer to reinstate employees terminated by the employer even if those terminated employees are not part of the bargaining unit.

This case stemmed from the collective bargaining negotiations between petitioner University of...