Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Sales Force Union-Meycauayan

[BLR-A-TR-07-16-2-17. September 1, 2017.]NCR-QC-IN-01-18-10-16IN RE: PETITION FOR INTERPLEADERCOCA-COLA FEMSA PHILIPPINES, INC. (CCFPI), petitioner-appellee, vs. COCA-COLA BOTTLERS PHIL., INC., SALES FORCE UNION-PHILIPPINE TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS ORGANIZATION (CCBPISFU-PTGWO), respondent-appellant,COCA-COLA SALES FORCE UNION-MEYCAUAYAN (CCSUM), respondent-appellee.RESOLUTIONFor resolution is the Memorandum of Appeal 1 filed by CCBPI Sales Force Union-PTGWO from the Order dated 10 January 2017 of DOLE NCR Mediator-Arbiter Joel P. Petaca, the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE, premises considered, the bargaining unit of the regular rank-and-file sales employees assigned in Roosevelt Distribution Center must be continuously represented by respondent Coca-Cola Sales Force Union-Meycauayan (CSUM).SO ORDERED.The pertinent facts are as follows:Coca-Cola Bottlers Phil., Inc., Sales Force Union-Philippine Transport and General Workers Organization-TUCP (CCBPISFU-PTGWO, for brevity) is a legitimate labor organization with Certificate of Registration No. 1194-184-IP-1. It had a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with Coca-Cola Bottlers Phil., Inc. (CCBPI, for brevity), now Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines, Inc. (CCFPI, for brevity) that expired last 31 January 2014. The renegotiation for the new CBA between CCBPISFU-PTGWO and CCFPI resulted into a bargaining deadlock. Consequently, CCBPISFU-PTGWO filed a petition for...