By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:46:00 12/10/2010
MANILA, Philippines—The country’s flag carrier may be the Grinch to most of its employees, but to some 400 Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel, Philippine Airlines is Santa Claus.
A green, hairy creature, the Grinch tries to spoil the holiday spirit in Dr. Seuss’ book, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Beginning Friday, Customs Commissioner Lito Alvarez said, 412 employees of the BOC assigned to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other international airports may collect part of their unpaid overtime pay for the past 16 months.
In a news briefing at the Department of Justice Thursday, Alvarez said PAL president Jaime Bautista had assured him the airline would release over P50 million to cover a portion of the BOC employees’ long overdue overtime pay.
Ironically, PAL’s act of goodwill comes at a time its close to 3,000 employees are set to strike over the impending loss of their jobs due to severe financial losses by the airline.
Alvarez said each customs employee will receive P125,000 in payment of five months’ worth of overtime wages.
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