11 Nov 2010 -
Save Our PAL’s Jobs, solidarity with Philippine Airline Union

For more than two years, the Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA), the ground crew union of Philippines Airlines (PAL), has been fighting an outsourcing plan that will lay off 2,600 employees and downgrade them from regular to contractual workers. The dispute has now escalated with the forcible eviction and lock out of some 2,600 workers and dismissals as of 1 October read more >>

LATEST NEWS AND ACTION 10 December 2011: A Message of Solidarity to PALEA from the YYZ General Assembly On behalf of the Toronto International Airport's special General Assembly that was convened on Human Rights Day, a united message of solidarity was sent to PALEA. Read more>> 24 November 2011: PALEA Update: Call for Boycott of PAL Services Unions want to create public pressure on PAL to immediately reinstate workers who have been locked out of their jobs since the start of October. Read more>> Find out more about what you can do to support PALEA workers here>> 29 October 2011: PALEA Update: Picketline attacked again>> 20 October 2011: Dismissed Philippine aviation workers stage “Occupy” protest>> 19 October 2011: PALEA condemns PAL for dispersal of protest camp>>

PALEA is defiant and is calling on its brothers and sisters in the international labor movement for support and solidarity. ACT NOW TO HELP US TO STEP UP THE PRESSURE.

What you can do

1. Let the Philippine Government know that PALEA IS HERE TO STAY and has support from trade unionists worldwide.

• Distribute leaflets and display the poster at PAL offices, at major destinations
  
• Organise delegations to and/or pickets at embassies or consulates of the Republic of the Philippines
  
• Send a message of protest to the Government here >>
• Sign the petition to the government here >>

2. Help PALEA workers keep their spirits up. Send a message of solidarity here >>

3. Help PALEA continue its fight back, help them sustain the picket lines and continue to organise mass activities and rallies. Donations have been made by PALEA members, employees, the ITF and its affiliated unions but the union funds are depleting, especially since management have stopped remitting dues since October. Make your donation today to:

      PALEA Strike Fund
      Account Number 00008-057-00403-9
      Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)
      Quirino Ave., Baclaran, Paranaque City, Philippines.

Help us step up the pressure to by spreading the word – share the petition and the protests via facebook, twitter and SMS.

What they said

“It is as clear as day that the outsourcing plan is a failure and PAL does not have the manpower to normalize its operations. We call on PAL to end the lockout of its employees and halt the premature implementation of the outsourcing plan pending the final decision of the courts.” (read more)
Gerry Rivera, PALEA president and vice chair of Partido ng Manggagawa

“The Department of Labor and Employment’s go signal for the retrenchment of half of the workforce means the death of job security at Philippine Airlines.”
Gerry Rivera, PALEA president and vice chair of Partido ng Manggagawa

“We, like PALEA, believe it will usher in not just the layoff and possible reemployment without protection and on inferior terms of those 2,600 people, but will also accelerate the decline and dissension that is wracking your nation’s national carrier."
David Cockroft, ITF general secretary

Complete online form: Petition: PALEA IS HERE TO STAY.