In Re: Moriroku Philippines, Inc.

[OS-A-31-11-14. February 4, 2015.](RO4A-LPO-CE-16-16-07-14)IN RE: PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION ELECTION AMONG THE RANK-AND-FILE EMPLOYEES OF MORIROKU PHILIPPINES, INC.MORIROKU PHILIPPINES INCORPORATED WORKERS UNION-PHILIPPINE METAL WORKER'S ALLIANCE (MPIWU-PMA), petitioner-appellant,RANK-AND-FILE EMPLOYEES OF MORIROKU PHILIPPINES INCORPORATED, intervenors-appellees,MORIROKU PHILIPPINES, INC., employer.RESOLUTIONThis resolves the Memorandum of Appeal filed by Moriroku Philippines Incorporated Workers Union-Philippine Metal Worker's Alliance from the Resolution dated 03 November 2014 of DOLE RO No. 4A Mediator-Arbiter Rosita C. Villaluz, the dispositive portion of which reads:Premises considered, the Resolution dated 1 October 2014 dismissing the present petition is hereby AFFIRMED in toto.SO RESOLVED.The facts are as follows:On 10 July 2014, Philippine Metal Worker's Alliance (PMA, for brevity) in behalf of its local, Moriroku Philippines Incorporated Workers Union-Philippine Metal Worker's Alliance (MPIWU-PMA, for brevity), filed a petition for certification election seeking to represent all the regular rank-and-file employees of Moriroku Philippines, Inc. (Moriroku). 1 It alleged that the bargaining unit is unorganized with more or less sixty-three (63) rank-and-file employees.On 26 August 2014, Oliver Bautista, Reynante Dichoso, Regina Juco, Athena Rosario and others (Bautista, et al., for brevity) filed an...