MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact Manny Gan @ 09275307230
WHAT: PALEA to bring to the attention of DOLE the dispute
over the mass layoff of 117 PAL workers
WHEN: Today, September
18 (Friday), 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: DOLE main office, Intramuros
DETAILS: In
the second week of protests against the latest round of mass layoffs at
Philippine Airlines (PAL), the Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association
(PALEA) will hold a picket at the main office of the Department of Labor and Employment
to bring to its attention the pending dispute. More than a week ago PAL
announced the retrenchment in November of 117 employees all working at domestic
airports all around the country.
PALEA will ask the DOLE to act on the mass layoff as it
is empowered by the Labor Code to resolve cases of mass layoff that results in labor
disputes.
Aside from opposing the latest retrenchment, PALEA is also
calling for the opening of collective bargaining negotiation and the full
implementation of a settlement agreement that ended the dispute over the last
mass retrenchment in 2011.
No collective bargaining negotiation between PAL and PALEA
has happened since 1998 when a 10-year CBA suspension was imposed. After a
two-year fight, PALEA and PAL forged a deal to settle the labor dispute of 2011
yet some 600 retrenched members have not been re-employed as provided for in
the agreement.
The mass actions are the start of a renewed campaign to
oppose contractualization and outsourcing. It will continue on to PALEA’s 69th
year anniversary on September 21 and then escalate in November in time for the
APEC summit.
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