xxvii[27] Vinta Maritime Co., Inc. v. NLRC, G.R. No. 113911, 23 January 1998, 284 SCRA 656,
659, citing Better Building, Inc. v. NLRC, G.R. No. 109714, 15 December 1997; Anderson v.
NLRC, G.R. No. 111212, 22 January 1996, 252 SCRA 116, 126; Teknika Skills and Trade
Services, Inc. v. NLRC, G.R. No. 100399, 4 August 1992, 212 SCRA 132, 140; Wallem Phil.
Shipping, Inc. v. Minister of Labor, G.R. Nos. 50734-37, 20 February 1981, 102 SCRA 835,
842-843; Knust v. Morse, 41 Phil. 184 (1920); Logan v. Philippine Acetylene Co., 33 Phil. 177
(1916).
xxviii[28] Amending Art. 279 of The Labor Code.
xxix[29] An Act to Extend Protection to Labor, Strengthen the Constitutional Rights of Workers
to Self-Organization, Collective Bargaining and Peaceful Concerted Activities, Foster Industrial
Peace and Harmony, Promote the Preferential Use of Voluntary Modes of Settling Labor
Disputes and Reorganize the National Labor Relations Commission, Amending Presidential
Decree No. 441, as Amended, Otherwise known as The Labor Code of the Philippines,
Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes.
xxx[30] See Surima v. NLRC, G.R. No. 121147, 26 June 1998, 291 SCRA 260, 268.
xxxi[31] JMM Promotion & Management, Inc. v. NLRC, G.R. No. 109835, 22 November 1993,
228 SCRA 129, 134.
xxxii[32] Aparri v. Court of Appeals, No. L-30057, 31 January 1984, 1`27 SCRA 231, 241.
xxxiii[33] "That the thing may rather have effect than be destroyed."