PALEA PROTEST

Correspondent Norman V. Mendoza

Cebu Daily News
7:19 am | Friday, November 4th, 2011

TWO wooden coffins were placed on display at the airport road by members of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) Cebu chapter to dramatize their solidarity with their counterparts who were dispersed during their picket in Manila.

The said the coffins symbolize the death of the workers’ rights, the death of unionism, and the death of job security.

The Kahugpungan sa Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Sugbo (KANAMASU) members said the coffins symbolized the death of their rights, unionism and job security. They were joined by militant groups in their protest last Tuesday.

Last Oct. 29, four Palea members in Manila were injured after they were violently dispersed while holding a picket.

Tex Bulambot, Palea board member, said the government’s decision to support PAL management’s move to outsource its personnel “is a blatant example of the death of workers’ rights.”