It's a shame and obviously a big black eye to Philippine tourism, what with what happened at the NAIA yesterday. First off, I don't see nothing wrong with members of the PALEA exercising their rights. It is well within their rights to protest the unfair labor practices of the Tan-led company. It is also within their rights to protest any time they like to protest, like, during a natural typhoon? Anyway, nothing wrong with protests.
What is so wrong is the cavalier way government handled the entire situation. Since the start of the PAL-PALEA dispute, government went this way and that way, without a clear policy direction. Curiously, if you look at the Labor Code, that book says that the State or the government sides with Labor---that is as clear as day. That's why we have a labor code anyway--so that workers know their rights. Now, who implements these rights? It is government.
But when government sides with Capital, that complicates things. Government must be consistent. Early on, government must have realized that it should not deviate from this role as the worker's representative.
Why is it that government even favored the side of a Marcos crony such as Tan? What has Tan got that workers do not?
Imagine how lucky this guy is---he escaped a BIR campaign for the correct payment of his taxes and several disputes including that with his brother and now this. He brought PAL and forced it into the ground.
Government must handle this situation very carefully because this concerns national safety and security. We are talking planes here, not just mere buses.
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