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15 Id.
16 Id.
17 Rollo, p. 913; Respondents Comment to the FASAP Petition for
Certiorari filed with the Court of Appeals.
18 Id., at pp. 422-425; Respondents Memorandum filed with the Labor
Arbiter.
19 Id., at p. 584.
20 Id., at p. 611.
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27 Id.
28 Id., at pp. 488, 1422-1443.
29 Id., at p. 105.
30 Id., at p. 153.
31 Id., at p. 164.
32 Id., at pp. 175, 416 and 470.
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41 Id.
42 Polymart Paper Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Commission,
355 Phil. 592, 602; 294 SCRA 159, 169 (1998).
43 F.F. Marine Corporation v. National Labor Relations Commission, G.R.
No. 152039, April 8, 2005, 455 SCRA 154, 166-167.
44 Uichico v. National Labor Relations Commission, supra note 40 at p. 43.
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45 Casimiro v. Stern Real Estate Inc., G.R. No. 162233, March 10,
2006, 484 SCRA 463; Philippine Carpet Employees Association v. Sto.
Tomas, G.R. No. 168719, February 22, 2006, 483 SCRA 128; Ariola v.
Philex Mining Corp., G.R. No. 147756, August 9, 2005, 466 SCRA 152;
Danzas Intercontinental, Inc. v. Daguman, G.R. No. 154368, April 15,
2005, 456 SCRA 382.
46 Banana Growers Collective at Puyod Farms v. National Labor
Relations Commission, 342 Phil. 511, 523; 276 SCRA 544 (1997).
47 Polymart Paper Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations
Commission, supra note 42.
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48 G.R. Nos. 75700-01, August 30, 1990, 189 SCRA 179, 186-187.
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50 Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corp. v. Fuentes, G.R. No.
151818, October 14, 2005, 473 SCRA 106, 116.
51 Polymart Paper Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations
Commission, supra note 42 at pp. 600, 602.
52 Id., at p. 602.
53 Id.
54 F.F. Marine Corporation v. National Labor Relations Commission,
supra note 43 at p. 171.
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66 352 Phil. 1098; 290 SCRA 489 (1998).
67 Id., at p. 1113; p. 503.
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passing the 1997 efficiency rating to meet the Companys
operational requirements.68
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77 Id., at pp. 1264-1300.
78 Only seven (7) months after the questioned retrenchment was
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79 Rollo, p. 1395. Therein, PAL admits that
During this time, the Company was slowly but steadily recovering. Its
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working for PAL had lost their jobs, only to be recalled but
assigned to lower positions (i.e., demoted), and, worse, some
as new hires, without due regard for their long years of
service with the airline.
The irregularity of PALs implementation of Plan 14
becomes more apparent when it rehired 140 probationary
cabin attendants whose services it had previously
terminated, and yet proceeded to terminate the services of
its permanent cabin crew personnel.
In sum, we find that PAL had implemented its
retrenchment program in an arbitrary manner and with
evident bad faith, which prejudiced the tenurial rights of
the cabin crew personnel.
Moreover, the managements September 4, 1998 offer to
transfer PAL shares of stock in the name of its employees
in exchange for the latters commitment to suspend all
existing CBAs for 10 years; the closure of its operations
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