PAL: Union members can’t return to work
Sunday, October 2, 2011
MANILA (Updated 11:02 a.m.) — The Philippine Airlines (PAL) ruled out Sunday any possibility of PAL Employees Association (Palea) members returning to work, saying they are no longer considered employed by the flag carrier as of Saturday.
PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Jaime Bautista said Palea has no right to make demands or threats against the company since they have stopped being employees of PAL when they opted not to avail of the offers of the three outsourcing firms.
“As of midnight October 1, workers in our catering, ground handling, and call center reservations units have ceased to be PAL employees. Hence, they have no right to demand or tell the airline how to run its business,” said Bautista in a statement.
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He said PAL union’s president Gerry Rivera and Bong Palad have also ceased to be PAL employees and are therefore, no longer recognized by PAL as leaders of the Palea.
“They have no authority to negotiate for and in behalf of PAL workers,” he stressed.
The statement was issued on the heels of Palea’s offer to go back to work and help normalize the airline’s operations on condition that the management halts its outsourcing program until the Supreme Court (SC) hands down a decision on the matter.
As much as 2,600 Palea members went jobless after the PAL began implementing its spin-off program last Saturday after earlier getting clearance from the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) and the Office of the President (OP).
Palea has since brought the matter to the Court of Appeals with a vow to bring it to as high as the SC if needed.
The workers had also been conducting sit-down strikes and protest rallies since Tuesday last week, prompting the management to seek legal actions against them.
But Bautista said there is no turning back on the management’s plan to lay off 2,600 employees.
He said they are also afraid that allowing Palea to return to work would pose threat to the whole company and their outsourcing partners.
“Former PAL workers have caused damage to PAL’s equipment during their September 27 wildcat strike. There’s no guarantee they won’t do that again,” said Bautista.
“Mixing former PAL workers with volunteers and service providers poses grave risk to the men and women who have worked so hard to keep the airline flying. It would be most unfair to expose them to possible harassment and physical harm,” he added.
The PAL chief admitted, however, that there is still one way for Palea members to be able to return to work.
“PAL will only take back its former workers if there is a court order mandating it to do so… so far, there is none,” said Bautista.
The official assured that the flag carrier, with its new service providers and corps of volunteers, is determined to see the airline through the difficult transition phase.
“PAL is slowly returning to normalcy, thanks to the selfless dedication of our admin volunteers and the help of our service providers,” Bautista said.
He said PAL’s service providers are doing their best to hire skilled workers to fill part of the vacuum left by its former personnel.
“We must understand that they were required by Dole and Malacanang to absorb all former PAL employees. Now that these workers have shown that they’re not interested, the service providers are working double-time to recruit the people they need,” he said.
He also assured PAL passengers that from the current 70 percent, the airline’s flights will be back to pre-strike levels in the next few weeks. (AMN/SDF/Sunnex)
Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/10/02
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