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    Ren Transport V NLRC

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    The case involves a labor dispute between Ren Transport Corporation and two unions - SMART, the incumbent union, and RTEA, a newly formed competing union. Majority of SMART members expressed intention to separate and form RTEA. Ren Transport then stopped paying dues to SMART and recognized RTEA. SMART filed a case claiming unfair labor practices. The labor arbiter and NLRC ruled in SMART's favor. The Court of Appeals denied moral damages, finding the corporation not entitled to it. The Supreme Court affirmed, noting that while the employer acted in bad faith, there was no evidence of actual damages suffered by the corporation to justify moral damages.

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    The case involves a labor dispute between Ren Transport Corporation and two unions - SMART, the incumbent union, and RTEA, a newly formed competing union. Majority of SMART members expressed intention to separate and form RTEA. Ren Transport then stopped paying dues to SMART and recognized RTEA. SMART filed a case claiming unfair labor practices. The labor arbiter and NLRC ruled in SMART's favor. The Court of Appeals denied moral damages, finding the corporation not entitled to it. The Supreme Court affirmed, noting that while the employer acted in bad faith, there was no evidence of actual damages suffered by the corporation to justify moral damages.

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    The case involves a labor dispute between Ren Transport Corporation and two unions - SMART, the incumbent union, and RTEA, a newly formed competing union. Majority of SMART members expressed intention to separate and form RTEA. Ren Transport then stopped paying dues to SMART and recognized RTEA. SMART filed a case claiming unfair labor practices. The labor arbiter and NLRC ruled in SMART's favor. The Court of Appeals denied moral damages, finding the corporation not entitled to it. The Supreme Court affirmed, noting that while the employer acted in bad faith, there was no evidence of actual damages suffered by the corporation to justify moral damages.

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    Ren Transport V NLRC

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    The case involves a labor dispute between Ren Transport Corporation and two unions - SMART, the incumbent union, and RTEA, a newly formed competing union. Majority of SMART members expressed intention to separate and form RTEA. Ren Transport then stopped paying dues to SMART and recognized RTEA. SMART filed a case claiming unfair labor practices. The labor arbiter and NLRC ruled in SMART's favor. The Court of Appeals denied moral damages, finding the corporation not entitled to it. The Supreme Court affirmed, noting that while the employer acted in bad faith, there was no evidence of actual damages suffered by the corporation to justify moral damages.

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    GODOY, JERICO U.

    REN TRANSPORT CORP. AND/OR REYNALDO PAZCOGUIN III v. NATIONAL


    LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (2ND DIVISION), SAMAHANG
    MANGGAGAWA SA REN TRANSPORT-ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC LABOR
    ASSOCIATIONS (SMART-ADLO) REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT NESTOR
    FULMINAR

    THE CASE:

    There’s this respondent Union called as SMART (Samahang Manggagawa sa Ren-Transport-


    Association) that their Collective Bargaining Agreement is due to expire. 2 of its members
    expressed their intention to separate themselves together with majority of members of SMART
    to form a new union organization in the company, hereinafter the petitioner in this case.
    Accordingly, the Ren Transport Corporation stopped paying union dues to SMART because they
    already recognized RTEA as the new organized union.

    In lieu of this, SMART commenced an action for labor practice in the Labor Arbiter which
    granted the petition. On appeal, the NLRC affirmed the decision. In the appellate court, the Court
    of Appeals deleted the moral damages ruling that the petitioner is not entitled thereof.

    Hence, this petition to the Supreme Court raises the question as to whether the petitioner shall
    grant moral damages despite the fact that they are a corporation.

    The Supreme Court ruled in the negative. The Supreme Court ruled that while it is true that a
    corporation is not, as a general rule, entitled to moral damages. Being a mere artificial being, it is
    incapable of experiencing physical suffering or sentiments like wounded feelings, serious
    anxiety, mental anguish or moral shock. Absence of factual circumstance proven the damage
    against the corporation shall fail to award moral damages.

    In the case at bar, while there is a showing of bad faith on the part of the employer in the
    commission of acts of unfair labor practice, there is no evidence establishing the factual basis of
    the damage on the part of SMART.

    In all foregoing, the Court DENIED the instant petition for absence of bad faith.

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