MEDIA ADVISORY
PALEA
September 14, 2015
WHAT: PALEA to protest against mass layoff of 117 PAL workers
WHEN: Today, September
14 (Monday), 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: PAL headquarters, PNB Building Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard
DETAILS: The
Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) will hold another protest
today against the latest round of mass layoffs at Philippine Airlines (PAL).
More than a week ago PAL announced the retrenchment in November of 117
employees all working at domestic airports all around the country.
The picket today follows on the heels of similar protests
last week. 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.
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