End to PAL row seen by Christmas

November 25, 2010
Malaya

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Tuesday the dispute between Philippine Airlines and the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (FASAP) will be resolved before Christmas.
Baldoz, in an ambush interview after the third annual convention of the Calabarzon Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC), said the labor department is negotiating the compensation package with both the union and management this week.

"We talked to the union for their bottom lines and then we’re ready to meet with the management and its bottom line," she said.

She said she will join the meetings of labor and management later on and make a conciliated decision.
Afterwards, she said FASAP will negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with PAL management.

She said the issue of outsourcing by PAL is pending with the Office of the President,.
She said government’s intervention has averted possible strikes in the flag carrier.