PAL LOOKS TO END NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNION

Philippine Airlines (PAL) management is pushing for an indefinite halt to collective bargaining negotiations. At a meeting called by the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) in Manila, the PAL Employees’ Association (Palea) accused the carrier of hiding from its responsibility. “In effect, PAL wants another CBA moratorium of indefinite period if it will only negotiate after it gets a go signal on the outsourcing and layoff. A de facto indefinite CBA moratorium is worse than the earlier 10-year suspension,” said Palea president Gerry Rivera. google_protectAndRun(“ads_core.google_render_ad”, google_handleError, google_render_ad);  PAL-Palea collective bargaining agreements (CBA) were suspended in 1998 as a condition