Re: Mother Seton Hospital Employees Union

 [OS-A-3-1-16. January 28, 2016.](ROV-CE-08-23-02-15)IN RE: PETITION TO DETERMINE MAJORITY STATUS OF MOTHER SETON HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES UNIONUNIVERSIDAD DE STA. ISABEL, petitioner-appellant,MOTHER SETON HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES UNION, forced intervenor-appellee.RESOLUTIONBefore this Office is the Appeal filed by Universidad de Sta. Isabel from the Order dated 27 November 2015 of the DOLE Regional Office No. V Mediator-Arbiter Ma. Karina Perida-Trayvilla, the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE, premises considered, the instant petition is hereby DISMISSED for lack of merit.SO ORDERED.The facts are as follows:Universidad de Sta. Isabel (USI, for brevity) is a non-stock, Catholic, charitable and educational institution existing under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines operating in Naga City, Camarines Sur. It is the surviving entity out of the merger of USI and Mother Seton Hospital, (MSH, for brevity).Mother Seton Hospital Employees Union (MSHEU, for brevity) is the duly recognized sole and exclusive bargaining representative of the bargaining unit of the permanent rank-and-file employees of the Health Services Department of USI.On 29 October 2015, USI filed a Petition to Determine the Majority Status of Mother Seton Hospital...