In Re Lapanday Foods Corp.

[OS-A-24-11-16. March 30, 2017.](RO12-NC-CE-001-05-07-16)IN RE: PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION ELECTION AMONG THE RANK-AND-FILE WORKERS OF LAPANDAY FOODS CORPORATIONMINDANAO INDEPENDENT LABOR UNION OF LAPANDAY (MILUL), petitioner-appellee,LAPANDAY FOODS CORPORATION (LFC), employer-appellant.RESOLUTIONThis resolves the Appeal Memorandum/Protest filed by Lapanday Foods Corporation from the Order dated 29 November 2016 of the DOLE-Regional Office No. XII Mediator-Arbiter Jasmin M. Demetillo-Galvan, the dispositive portion of which reads:Considering that no protest has been recorded in the minutes of the election and/or filed by any of the parties involved and the opening of the challenged ballot is immaterial and it will not affect the result of the certification election, the above result is hereby declared as the final certification election result. Pursuant to Section 19 Rule IX of Department Order No. 40-03, Series of 2003, as amended. Mindanao Independent Union of Lapanday (MILUL) is hereby certified as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent of the rank-and-file workers of Lapanday Foods Corporation (LFC), Barangay Dallag, Arakan Valley, North Cotabato. SO ORDERED.The facts are as follows:On 18 June 2016, the Mindanao Independent Labor Union of Lapanday...