PALEA day of action to hit airlines

Tomorrow airline unions in the Philippines will join the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) “Global Day of Action against Outsourcing”. The September 27 action coincides with the anniversary of PALEA’s protest last year that led to the cancellation of all flights of Philippine Airlines. Gerry Rivera, PALEA president and vice chair of Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) said: “We frequently hear the alibi that outsourcing is an international trend that workers have no choice but to bear. But the reality is that resistance to outsourcing is a global phenomenon.” “If airline workers take industrial action, on the same day, in a