Laguna Dai-ichi, Inc. v. Philippine Trade and General Workers Organization

[BLR-A-TR-24-17-08-16. October 18, 2016.](RO4-LPO-AFF-01-19-01-16)PETITION FOR INTERPLEADERLAGUNA DAI-ICHI, INC., petitioner-appellant, vs. PHILIPPINE TRADE AND GENERAL WORKERS ORGANIZATION (PTGWO) AND LAGUNA DAI-ICHI, INC. WORKERS UNION (LDIWU), respondents-appellees.RESOLUTIONThis resolves the Motions for Reconsideration of Philippine Trade and General Workers Organization (PTGWO, for brevity) and Laguna Dai-ichi, Inc. (Dai-ichi, for brevity) respectively, from our Resolution dated 07 September 2016, the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Appeal Memorandum filed by Laguna Dai-ichi, Inc. is hereby GRANTED. The Order of the DOLE-Region Office No. IV-A Mediator-Arbiter Maureen Zena Serazon Tongson dated 13 July is hereby MODIFIED.SO RESOLVED.In its Motion, PTGWO averred that the Resolution dated 07 September 2016 has no basis from the facts and law. It posited that charter union is not an affiliate of the labor federation but a chapter or branch of a federation. Thus, it contended that a charter union can only become or be considered as an affiliate of a labor federation when the chartered local is subsequently granted independent registration but has not yet disaffiliate from the federation. It further argued...