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by Tetch Torres-Tupas, Mar 26, 2018 The Supreme Court’s decision declaring as legal the retrenchment of some 1,400 flight attendants and stewards of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) in 1998 “involves the miraculous resurrection of the dead,” Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said in his dissenting opinion.

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MANILA — Former employees of national carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) trooped to the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Monday to assail the agency’s approval to the outsourcing program that sidelined 2,300 workers last year.

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The president of the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines (Fasap) failed to show any direct evidence linking Chief Justice Renato Corona to the Supreme Court en banc’s order recalling an earlier SC ruling on the PAL-Fasap case.

THE season will be less than bright for the 2,600 former regular employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) who found themselves jobless when the Lucio Tan-owned carrier adopted its so-called outsourcing program last October.

Rebuild crumbling social contract At the core of the conflict between Philippine Airlines (PAL) and PAL Employees Association (Palea) is the effort of the airline to manage business freely with maximum flexibility, including its contested prerogative to outsource jobs done by regular and unionized workers.  PAL says outsourcing is a legitimate weapon in insuring its…

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The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop) has joined the snowballing call for government action against violent abuses of outsourced employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL).

The ongoing strike by members of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Employees’ Association (Palea) which has turned rowdy and even out of control of late is getting to be more of a burden to the riding public than to the airline itself.

The apparent inaction of the government over the supposed intimidation of its former employees on flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) “is not conducive” to business and should be resolved, business groups appealed to the government.

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) cried yesterday for help among local trade groups to press the government for a quicker and more decisive response against what it calls as harassment of private enterprises after the continued picket of its former employees at the Terminal 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The Palace appealed to both Philippine Airlines (PAL) and PAL Employees’ Association (Palea) to exercise sobriety in dealing with each other to prevent the recurrence of violence at the workers’ picket line last Oct. 29.

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday lashed out at its detractors for hastily laying the blame on airline management for Saturday’s confrontation at the PAL Inflight Center in Pasay City.

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said yesterday it is readying charges against its former employees who blocked one of its catering trucks from exiting the airline’s inflight center Saturday.

Trouble erupted at the Philippine Airlines (PAL) In-flight Center (IFC) near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 in Pasay City early yesterday after protesters blocked one of the airlines’ catering trucks from leaving the terminal.

PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) on Friday said more than half of its retrenched workers have received their separation pay as of October 26.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Thursday called for sobriety and mutual respect from the contending parties following reports of a clash outside the Philippine Airlines’ Inflight Center in Pasay City on Wednesday where protesting PAL union members had set up camp.

Flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday asserted that protesters encamped at the parking lot infront of its Inflight Center near NAIA Terminal 2 have no right to hamper the airline’s business by blocking entrances and exits of the said facility.

FORMER employees of Philippine Airlines protesting their dismissal squared off with police Wednesday, who were sent to dismantle their camp near the company’s In-Flight Center at the airport, but both sides were armed with court orders.

MANILA, Philippines – Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is studying the filing of charges of economic sabotage against former employees who went on an illegal work stoppage last Sept. 27.

The Pasay City Regional Trial Court has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting striking employees of the Philippine Airlines from holding demonstrations outside the In-Flight Center along MIA Road.

Flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is considering filing economic sabotage charges against its former employees who staged a wildcat strike last Sept. 27 that paralyzed the airline’s operations at the height of Typhoon “Pedring.”

Representatives from the Supreme Court on Tuesday failed to show up at a congressional hearing regarding its controversial decision to recall its final ruling on a case filed against flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL).

Almost 500 former Philippine Airlines (PAL) employees received their separation pay over the weekend as the carrier began distributing P2.6-billion in cash benefits to those affected by PAL’s outsourcing program.

THE Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (Palea) will not accept the separation pay offered by Philippine Airlines (PAL), the group said in a statement on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines – Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday challenged critics to make a comprehensive study of the case involving the retrenchment of thousands of employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) before making any judgment.

CHIEF Justice Renato Corona on Wednesday stood by the Supreme Court’s decision to recall its Sept. 7 ruling in favor of 1,400 flight attendants who claim they were illegally fired by Philippine Airlines in 1998.

THE Supreme Court on Monday recalled its “final” decision declaring as illegal Philippine Airlines’ layoff of 1,400 flight attendants in 1998, drawing immediate criticism from the union.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairman of the Senate committee on labor, employment and human resources development and of the congressional oversight committee on labor and employment, expressed concern on the ongoing labor dispute between the country’s national flag carrier, the Philippine Airlines (PAL), and the ground crew union PAL Employees Association (Palea).