The row over the mass resignation of the Philippine Airlines pilots causing havoc to the scheduled flights affecting both domestic and overseas clients is symptomatic and indicative of what really this new adminstration should set its focals on. Again, in this case the tail or low end among the middle or even lower laborers are at the behold. The life blood of any airline, namely the pilots, felt shortchanged with recent management skirmishes that would cut down on the pilot’s benefits and justifiable claims. There is allegedly an obvious malicious strategy of contractualizing the pilots, of course for cost efficiency. As one independent journalist says, “The mass resignation of PAL pilots, the impending strike by the cabin crew union, the struggle of ground employees against mass termination and contractualization — all of these are interrelated. It all stems from Lucio Tan’s moves to increase his profits even more by intensifying the exploitation of all his employees in the aviation industry.” And this considering that the latest Fortune Magazine’s list of Filipino multi-billionaires puts Mr. Lucio Tan second only to tycoon Henry Sy. One man on the street commented, “Ano pa ba ang gusto nila, ang yayaman na nila!”(What else do they want, they are already rich). More labor problems are in the offing, actually. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100808com7.html |
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