Title
Magdala Multipurpose and Livelihood Cooperative vs. Kilusang Manggagawa ng LGS
Case
G.R. No. 191138-39
Decision Date
Oct 19, 2011
Union members staged an illegal strike with prohibited acts, leading to termination of employment of 106 members.
A

Case Digest (G.R. No. 191138-39)

Facts:

  • Parties Involved
    • Petitioners: Magdala Multipurpose & Livelihood Cooperative and Sanlor Motors Corp.
    • Respondents: Kilusang Manggagawa ng LGS, Magdala Multipurpose & Livelihood Cooperative (KMLMS) and union members/strikers.
  • Background Events
    • KMLMS filed a notice of strike on March 5, 2002.
    • Strike vote was conducted on April 8, 2002.
    • KMLMS was legally registered as an independent labor organization on April 9, 2002.
    • KMLMS officially affiliated as a local chapter of Pambansang Kaisahan ng Manggagawang Pilipino on April 19, 2002.
    • KMLMS staged the strike on May 6, 2002, during which prohibited and illegal acts were committed by members.
  • Legal Proceedings
    • Petitioners filed a Petition to Declare Strike Illegal before the NLRC Regional Arbitration Board (NLRC RAB IV-9-1265-02-R) citing lack of valid notice, ineffective strike vote, and commission of prohibited acts.
    • Labor Arbiter found the May 6, 2002 strike illegal, declared 41 workers forfeited their employment status due to participation in illegal acts during the strike.
    • NLRC affirmed the decision with modification, declaring 7 additional union members to have forfeited employment.
    • Court of Appeals affirmed NLRC Decision.
    • Petitioners filed a petition for partial modification of the CA decision to include 73 more union members as having forfeited employment status.

Issues:

  • Whether the Court of Appeals erred in refusing to declare the rest of the union strikers who participated in the illegal strike and committed prohibited acts as having lost their employment status.
  • Whether the Court of Appeals erred in refusing to award damages and attorney's fees to petitioners due to the illegal strike.

Ruling:

  • (Subscriber-Only)

Ratio:

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Doctrine:

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