Dr. Jose Rodriguez Memorial Hospital v. Unyon ng Manggagawang Pangkalusugan

 [BLR CASE NO. 12-36-92. November 9, 1994.]IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF THE UNYON NG MANGGAGAWANG PANGKALUSUGAN.DR. JOSE RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, REPRESENTED BY CESAR J. VIARDO, petitioner, vs. UNYON NG MANGGAGAWANG PANGKALUSUGAN, respondent.R E S O L U T I O NThis is a petition filed by the Jose Rodriguez Memorial Hospital to cancel the registration certificate of the Union ng Manggagawang Pangkalusugan, a union of government employees, on the ground that the members of the latter are not employees of the civil service and therefore are denied the rights granted by Executive Order No. 180.The facts are as follows:Petitioner is government hospital which operates mainly as a sanitarium for patients afflicted with Hansen's disease, more commonly known as leprosy. Now based in Tala, Kalookan, petitioner employs the services of so-called "patients-assistants or "gratuity workers." These workers comprise the membership of respondent Union. cdphilThe employment of patients-assistants or gratuity workers started sometime in the fifties when the sanitarium was still in Cullion. As petitioner puts it, "In view of the death of plantilla...