Back

Geronimo S. Banquerigo, et al. vs. Hon. Court of Appeals, et al.

GERONIMO S. BANQUERIGO, REYNALDO S. MENOR, ROGELIO ENRICOSO, DANILO PALIOTO, COLITO VIRTUDAZO and HERBERT VELOSO, Petitioners, versus HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. LEONARDO A. QUISUMBING, JOSE M. ESPA?OL, JR., OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT and INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 164633 | 2006-08-07

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

Before Us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 54041, dated 28 February 2001, which affirmed in toto the Orders[2] dated 24 December 1997[3] and 17 March 1998[4] of the Secretary of Labor and Employment. 

Petitioners are salesmen of private respondent International Pharmaceutical, Inc., (IPI) a domestic corporation engaged in the manufacture of drugs and pharmaceuticals. 

Sometime in mid-1989, a bargaining deadlock ensued when the IPI Employees Union - ALU...