December 3, 2010, 12:38pm
The Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — The Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) on Thursday said it will stage protest actions next week to question anew the Philippine Airlines' move to illegally terminate about 3,000 employees as part of its outsourcing plans.
"We will urge President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to junk the resolution made by Department of Labor and Employment that said the PAL move is legal," PALEA Legal Counsel Marlon Manuel said.
Failure to get their concerns heard will prompt us to lead to mass protests, he said.
PALEA employees and members of Partido ng Manggagawa on Nov. 1 lighted candles and placed styrofoam tombstones in front of the DoLE office to symbolize the death of their livelihood in time for All Souls' Day.
DoLE had junked PALEA’s June 28 motion for reconsideration of the earlier decision of former DOLE acting secretary Romeo Lagman to uphold PAL’s planned outsourcing of services.
The DoLE issued a resolution upholding PAL's outsourcing move. In its decision, the DOLE said the 2,600 PAL employees who are part of its non-core services — in-flight catering, airport services (cargo handling), and call center reservations operations — are all guaranteed with employment and hefty transition benefits.
The non-core activities of the airline are defined in the company's 1998 Supplemental Rehabilitation Plan approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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