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Kimberly Independent Labour Union for Solidarity, et al. vs. the Hon. CA, et al

KIMBERLY INDEPENDENT LABOR UNION FOR SOLIDARITY, ACTIVISM AND NATIONALISM (KILUSAN) - ORGANIZED LABOR ASSOCIATIONS IN LINE INDUSTRIES AND AGRICULTURE (OLALIA), AND ERNESTO FACUNDO, RICARDO QUEJANO (DECEASED), ARMANDO GONZALES, NERIO TUMACDER, ROLANDO HERNANDEZ, ARSENIO UMAMBAC, ROQUE JIMENEZ (DECEASED), CIRILO MANZANO, ZALDY FLORANO, ROGELIO SOQUIAT, MARCOS VELASCO, DOROTEO UNADA, SALVADOR BEROG, ANTONIO GONZALES, DAVID DE GUZMAN, FAUSTO GAPUZ, DOMINADOR ESTEVES, EDUARDO LAQUERTA, JESSIE MAGBUJOS, NICOLAS APDAN, FRANCISCO SUENA, MARIO OLIVEROZ, MARCELO ALINDOG, BIENVENIDO DATUIN, PAQUITO GILBUENA, ERNESTO AQUINO, ANTONIO GUILLERMO, ARTURO REMOQUILLO, DONATO BAGUILOD, BENEDICTO DE AUSEN, RIZALDY GAPUZ, ARSENIO IZON, ROMEO CRUZ, ORLANDO REMOLACIO, FELIXBERTO DELA CRUZ, RANDOLFO GUERRERO, ORLANDO DELOS SANTOS, EDGARDO ARAGONES (DECEASED), JULIO OCRETO, ARNULFO NATINDIM, JESUSA MENDIOLA, NORBERTO SEPRADO, VICTOR JUSTIMBASTE, CARLITO PABLO, RESTITUTO DEAROZ, ALBERTO MANAHAN, LEO E. PRUDENTE, ALMARIO ROMINGQUIT, SALOME AMANTE, MARIO MELLOMIDA, LEONARDO CUNANAN, TERESITO NORTEZ, PERLINO ESPERIDA, CARLOS PILI, RICARDO HALDOS, ROMEO LIGURAN, ROGELIO DELOS REYES, FERMIN BERNIL, SANTOS SALAZAR, JOSELITO CASACOP, EFREN CUA, ROGELIO SURABILLA, PEDRO ODEVELOS, LEOPOLDO SUNGA (DECEASED), LAMBERTO MARINAS, DANTE ALVIAR, ROGELIO ANZURES, EDILBERTO MIRA, PACIFICO AMA, MARIO RONGALEROS, ADELO VERGARA, ROLANDO AMIL, MOISES EMPEO, PILIPINO AMIL, ROGEL IGONIA, NORMANDO IZON, LAURO DONSINGUEZ, VIRGILIO SAN MIGUEL, PEDRO CALINISAN, LEO BERROYA, EMILIO DAGAROG, REYNALDO MIRANDA, FERNANDO BERROYA, FREDDIE DIONSON, RUFINO FELICISIMO (DECEASED), JOSEPH CORCOTCHA, CELSO OYTAS, CESAR CALVIRAN, DANILO CUBEL, GAVINO REYES, RICHARD GILBUENA, GIL S. BAROLA, AZAHARI L. ABONITA, SANTOS CANTOS, DIOSDADO L. ROSAS, ROLANDO CORTEZ, MELCHOR HUMILDE and ANTONIO BALANO, Petitioners, versus THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, HON. PEDRO C. RAMOS, KIMBERLY-CLARK (PHIL.), INC., CORNELIO PERLATA, DOMINGO GEVANA, MARINO ABES and LEOPOLDO BAYLON, Respondents.

G.R. Nos. 149158-59 | 2007-07-24

RESOLUTION
 


NACHURA, J.:

Before the Court are two consolidated petitions for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court.

The antecedent facts common to the consolidated cases are as follows:

On June 30, 1986, the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) executed by and between Kimberly-Clark (Phils.), Inc. (Kimberly), a Philippine-registered corporation engaged in the manufacture, distribution, sale and exportation of paper products,[1] and United Kimberly-Clark Employees Union-Philippine Transport and General Workers' Organization (UKCEO-PTGWO) expired.[2] Within the freedom period, on April 21, 1986, KILUSAN-OLALIA, then...