In Re: Azarias Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Inc.

 [OS-A-5-2-16. February 2, 2017.](RO3-RO-CE-23-08-18-15)IN RE: PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION ELECTION AND/OR DIRECT CERTIFICATION AMONG THE RANK-AND-FILE EMPLOYEES OF AZARIAS PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORY, INC.AZARIAS PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORY, INC. EMPLOYEES UNION LAKAS, petitioner-appellee,AZARIAS PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORY, INC., respondent-appellant.RESOLUTIONThis resolves the Motion for Reconsideration treated as Memorandum of Appeal 1 filed by Azarias Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Inc. from, the Order dated 07 January 2016 of DOLE-Region Office No. III Mediator-Arbiter Eladio de Jesus, the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, this Office hereby declares NO VALID ELECTION in view of the disqualification of the petitioner.SO ORDERED.The facts are as follows:On 18 August 2015, Azarias Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Inc. Employees Union-Lakas (Azarias Employees Union-Lakas, for brevity) filed a Petition 2 for Certification Election among the regular rank-and-file employees of Azarias Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Inc., (Azarias, for brevity). It stated that it seeks to represent the more or less Eighty (80) regular rank-and-file employees of Azarias. 3 On 04 September 2015, representatives of Azarias Employees Union-Lakas and Azarias appeared. Azarias filed an Opposition arguing that the petition for certification election was filed against the wrong...