Petition for Certification Election

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Labor and Employment

REGION VI

MED-ARBITRATION UNIT

ILOILO CITY

IN RE: PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION

ELECTION AT THE ESTABLISHMENT

ABC SUPERMARKET, INC.

CASE NO. ____________________

ABC SUPERMARKET LABOR

ASSOCIATION,

Petitioner,

ABC SUPERMARKET, INC.

Employer.

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PETITION

PETITIONER, through counsel, and to this Honorable Office, most respectfully

states:

1. Petitioner is an independent legitimate labor organization duly registered with DOLE- Region 6

Office with address at No. 07 Quezon corner Ledesma Streets, Iloilo City.

2. ABC Supermarket, Inc. is a business entity engaged in the buying and selling of hardware

materials and construction supply. It is operating by virtue of the Philippine laws, with address

at Warehouse 08, Muelle Loney Street, Iloilo City;

3. The bargaining unit shall be comprised of all regular rank-and-file weekly-paid employees of

the ABC Marketing, Inc. Except for the following which are excluded from the bargaining unit:

a. Managers

b. Supervisors

c. Personnel, Accounting and Marketing Staff


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d. Security Personnel

e. Monthly Employees

f. Employees paid on a pakyaw or non-weekly basis

4. The bargaining unit comprises of an approximate number of fifty (50) rank-and-file daily-paid

employees.

5.

6. Petitioner is an independent legitimate labor organization duly registered with Labor Relations

Division- Region VI Office, having been duly registered in accordance with existing laws. The

registration of the said union was duly reported to this Honorable Office on January 15, 2007 as

shown in the transmittal letter dated January 14, 2007 here attached as Annex A;

7. The attachments of the said letter are the following documents:

Annex B Charter Certificate

Annex C Joint Affidavit of the Union Secretary and President

Annex D List of Officers and their addresses

Annex E List of Union Members

Annex F List of Rank and File Employees

Annex G Minutes of Organizational Meeting held on January 21, 2010

Annex G-1 Attendance during the said meeting

Annex H Constitution and By-laws

Annex H-1 to H-4 List of employees who ratified the Constitution

and By-Laws

Annex H-5 Minutes during CBL Ratification

Annex I to I-3 Book of Accounts such as Cash Receipt Book, Cash

Disbursement Book, Journal and Ledger

Annex J Corresponding Financial Statement

Annex K Collective Bargaining Agreement


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8. The petition is supported by 77% of the more or less 140 regular rank-and-file employees of the

company. Attached herewith as Annexes L and L-4 are the Katibayan sa Pagsapi which

constitute the support signatures for the purpose of complying with Art. 256 of the Labor Code,

as amended;

9. The petition is filed within sixty (60) days prior to the expiry of the Collective Bargaining

Agreement;

10. There is no legal hindrance to the conduct of an immediate certification election at the

establishment of the employer.

WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed unto this Honorable Office than an order be issued, after

due notice and hearing, for the conduct of a certification election among the rank-and-file employees at

Santanas Little Helpers, Inc.

Makati City for Manila.

February 23, 2010.

CALIDA & ASSOCIATES

L A W F I R M

Unit 1510, Cityland 10 Tower 2

Dela Costa St., Salcedo Village,

Makati City, 1201 Metro ManilaTelephone Number: 02 893 8774

By:

MARK JOREL O. CALIDA

Counsel for PetitionerPTR NO. 1173712 / 01-06-09 / Makati City

IBP No. LRN 00021 / 01-06-01 / Makati City


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Roll of Attorneys no. 33018

MCLE Exemption no. II-000001

Copy Furnished by Registered Mail:

The ManagementSantanas Little Helpers, Inc.

Warehouse 6, La Vida Loca Compound,

666 Buendia, Makati City

EXPLANATION

Service to the employer is done by registered mail due to distance and lack of available

messenger.

MARK JOREL O. CALIDA

VERIFICATION

I, JOSE MIGUEL A. ESTRADA, of legal age, after being duly sworn in accordance with law,depose and say:

That I am the President of petitioner Union;

That I have caused the preparation and filing of the foregoing Petition;

That I have read the same and found its contents to be true and correct of my own knowledge.


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That petitioner has not filed any action with similar issues before the Supreme Court, Court of

Appeals, or any other body, agency, or tribunal and I am not also aware of any similar action pending

before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, or any other body, agency, or tribunal and in case I

become aware of such case, I undertake to inform the Honorable Office within five (5) days from suchknowledge.

JOSE MIGUEL A. ESTRADA

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this ___th day of February, 2010, here at Makati.

Notary Public

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