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. 1234567 ABC SUPERMARKET LABOR ASSOCIATION, Petitioner,

ABC SUPERMARKET, INC. Employer. x--------------------------------------------------------x. PETITION PETITIONER, through counsel, and to this Honorable Office, most respectfully states: 1. Petitioner is a legitimate labor organization duly registered with address at No. 07 Quezon corner Ledesma Streets, Iloilo City. 2. ABC Supermarket, Inc. is a business entity operating by virtue of the Philippine laws, with address at ABC Building I, Iznart Street, Iloilo City; 3. ABC Supermarket, Inc. is an unorganized establishment where no union has yet been duly recognized or certified as bargaining representative. 4. The bargaining unit shall be comprised of all regular rank-and-file weekly-paid employees of the ABC Marketing, Inc. 5. The bargaining unit comprises of an approximate number of fifty (50) rank-andfile weekly-paid employees. 6. The bargaining unit is unorganized and there is no registered collective bargaining agreement covering the employees in the bargaining unit. 7. The petition is filed in accordance with Article 257 of the Labor Code; 8. There is no legal hindrance to the conduct of an immediate certification election at the establishment of the employer. 3

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 ABC Supermarket, Inc. Iloilo City. September 4, 2013.

MAI DOLOSEILE K. LIAO Counsel for Petitioner

PTR NO. 1234567/ 07-10-10 / Iloilo City IBP No. LRN 1234567 / 07-10-08 / Iloilo City Roll of Attorneys no. 1234567 MCLE Exemption no. II-000001

Copy Furnished by Registered Mail: The Management ABC Supermarket, Inc. ABC Building I, Iznart Street, Iloilo City

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

MAI DOLOSEILE K. LIAO

VERIFICATION I, JUAN D. LA CRUZ, 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. 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 such knowledge.

JUAN D. LA CRUZ Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 4th day of September, 2013, here at Iloilo.

ATTY. JOHN S. SON Notary Public

Until December 31, 2013 PTR No. 36912 01/ 05/ 2008 IBP No. 36912 12/ 10/ 2007 Roll No. 32165

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