Re: Harbour Centre Port Terminals, Inc.

 [OS-A-17-7-13. December 29, 2015.](NCR-M-CE-01-15-06-12)IN RE: PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION ELECTION AMONG THE REGULAR RANK-AND-FILE EMPLOYEES OF HARBOUR CENTRE PORT TERMINALS, INC.MANILA HARBOUR PORT WORKERS UNION-PWUP, petitioner-appellant,HARBOUR CENTRE PORT TERMINALS, INC., GEROLYN CONTRACTING AND STEVEDORING SERVICES CORP., GRACIALS PORT SERVICES AND STEVEDORING CORP., IJT CARGO MOVERS and IDSI PIER GROUP, INC., employer-appellees.RESOLUTIONThis resolves the Appeal filed by Manila Harbour Port Workers Union-PWUP (MHPWU-PWUP) from the Order dated 03 July 2013 of DOLE NCR Mediator-Arbiter Nepomuceno A. Leano II, the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE, premises considered, the instant petition for certification election is hereby DISMISSED for want of an employer-employee relationship between HCPTI and members of the petitioner.SO ORDERED.The facts of the case are as follows:On 07 May 2012, MHPWU-PWUP, a legitimate labor organization with Registration Certificate No. NCR-MFO-UR-03-2012-002, filed a petition for certification election seeking to represent an estimated one thousand two hundred (1,200) rank-and-file employees of Harbour Centre Port Terminals, Inc. (HCPTI), an unorganized establishment. 1 MHPWU-PWUP claimed that no certification, consent or run off election has been conducted in the bargaining unit within...