Re: TNS Philippines, Inc.

 [OS-A-01-01-16. January 26, 2016.](NCR-QC-CE-01-29-6-15)IN RE: PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION ELECTION AMONG THE RANK-AND-FILE EMPLOYEES OF TNS PHILIPPINES, INC.TNS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF LABOR (TNSEA-NFL), petitioner-appellant,TNS PHILIPPINES, INC., employer.DECISIONThis resolves the Memorandum of Appeal filed by TNS Employees Association-National Federation of Labor from the Order dated 01 December 2015 of DOLE-NCR Mediator-Arbiter Cesar P. Petate, the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE, premises considered, the petition for certification election among the rank-and-file employees of TNS Philippines, Inc. filed by National Federation of Labor is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICED.SO ORDERED.The facts are as follows:On 29 June 2015, TNS Employees Association-National Federation of Labor (TNSEA-NFL, for brevity) through the National Federation of Labor (NFL, for brevity), 1 filed a petition for certification election among the rank-and-file employees of TNS Philippines, Inc. (TNS, for brevity). 2 It alleged that the bargaining unit is composed of more or less two hundred (200) regular rank-and-file employees and averred that it is unorganized without existing or certified bargaining agent at the time of filing of the petition for certification election.On 05 August 2015,...