In Re Rotopack Manufacturing Corp.

 [OS-A-29-9-17. January 24, 2018.](NCR-CFO-CE-16-05-09-17)IN RE: PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION ELECTION AND/OR DIRECT CERTIFICATION AMONG THE RANK-AND-FILE EMPLOYEES OF ROTOPACK MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONROTOPACK MANUFACTURING CORPORATION WORKERS UNION-NOWM, petitioner-appellant,ROTOPACK MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, employer.RESOLUTIONThis resolves the Motion for Reconsideration, herein treated as Appeal, filed by Rotopack Manufacturing Corporation Workers Union-NOWM from the 31 July 2017 Order of DOLE National Capital Region Mediator-Arbiter Jema Sharae J. Macaraya, the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE, for failure of the petitioner union to appear in two (2) consecutive conferences scheduled on 19 and 26 July 2017 without any justifiable reason despite due notice, the present petition is hereby DISMISSED.SO ORDERED.The facts are as follows:On 09 May 2017, Rotopack Manufacturing Corporation Workers Union-NOWM (RMCWU-NOWM), a local chapter of National Organization of Workingmen (NOWM) with Charter Certificate of Registration No. 1132, filed a Petition for Certification Election seeking to represent approximately 80 rank-and-file employees of Rotopack Manufacturing Corporation. It claimed that the establishment is unorganized and the Petition is supported by workers covered by the bargaining unit. CAIHTEIn the 19 June 2017 conference, the Mediator-Arbiter directed...