The Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) held a rally this afternoon at the Senate before the start of today’s impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. More than a hundred PALEA members picketed the Senate from 12 noon to 1:00 pm in time for the expected testimony of Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (FASAP) president Bob Anduiza
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PALEA testifies at Washington DC on labor rights in the Philippines The Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) president Gerry Rivera testified at Washington DC at dawn today (noon January 24 EST) on the suppression of labor rights by the Philippine government. Rivera faced-off with government officials led by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz at the hearing held by the US Trade
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Watching intently PAL’s sale to new owner PALEA welcomes Chinese new year with Ayala motorcade and impeachment rally The Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) welcomed the Chinese new year with a motorcade today to highlight its call to new investors of Philippine Airlines (PAL) for the reinstatement of retrenched workers. PALEA is “watching intently” not necessarily of “welcoming enthusiastically” reports
Read moreIn a hearing yesterday at the Pasay Hall of Justice, members of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) asked the city prosecutors to dismiss the violation of Civil Aviation Authority (CAAP) law case filed by the management against them in the aftermath of the September 27, 2011 protest that crippled the operations of Philippine Airlines (PAL). In an allusion to
Read moreThe year 2011, labor group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) said, is best remembered as a turbulent year for the labor movement. Around the world, strikes and “Occupy” movements in crisis-striken countries in Europe as well as in the United States gained monentum in what could be a preview to future wave of revolutions similar to what have have taken place
Read moreThe Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) expressed guarded optimism on the possibility that a change in ownership and leadership at the Philippine Airlines (PAL) may create an opportunity to end the flag carrier’s lingering labor dispute. San Miguel Corporation has confirmed news that the conglomerate is in advance talks with PAL owner Lucio Tan for a possible buyout of
Read morePhilippine Airlines is a Scrooge—international labor rights group by Juan Manggagawa A Washington DC-based international labor rights watchdog has included Philippine Airlines (PAL) in its list of worst companies for the year. PAL joins giant companies Dole, Wal-Mart and Hershey in the “Scrooge list” of the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) for the “use of intimidation and sometimes violence, in
Read moreA large gap between declared policies and implementation characterize the conduct of the present administration in upholding the constitutional mandate of providing full protection to labor, the labor group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) said in a statement as the country celebrates the International Human Rights Day. PM chair Renato Magtubo find the current state of labor rights “very depressing” under
Read moreThe Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) is getting puzzled rather than clarified at how the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) address the contentious problem of labor contractualization in the country. The labor department came out with an announcement that a new Department Order, DO 18-A series 2011, takes effect beginning December 5, 2011 that would provide clear rules on
Read moreThe Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) has offered protesting coconut farmers from Quezon solidarity and an overnight stay at its protest camp at NAIA Terminal 2. The coconut farmers have embarked on 160-kilometer march from Lucena City in Quezon to Manila to demand the return to farmers of billions of pesos in allegedly stolen coconut levy funds collected during the
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