A unit of the Office of the President has denounced the Philippine Airlines’ alleged discriminatory policies against female flight attendants.
“PAL’s retirement schemes are blatant forms of discrimination,” the Philippine Commission on Women said. It said it supported the decision of the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines not to sign any collective bargaining agreement with PAL management unless the issue on age and gender discrimination is resolved. In the case of the flag carrier, the mandatory retirement age for female attendants is 40, from 55 in the old collective bargaining agreement.
The unit, which is mandated to implement the Magna Carta of Women, said gender, age and looks should be the least factors to consider in staff recruitment, training and promotion. Instead, PCW said work performance should be the basis for providing benefits to employees.
PCW cited PAL’s grooming standards for female flight attendants, labor rules on maternity leave and retirement age as evidence of “sexism and gender discrimination” upheld in the flag carrier’s labor schemes. Jeremiah de Guzman, Manila Standard Today
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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