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| Personal Name | Velasco, Benjamin B. |
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| Resource Title | Laban ng PALEA: union renewal strategies amidst the outsourcing dispute at Philippine Airlines |
| Date Issued | June 2017 |
| Abstract | The study examines the experience of the Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) using the lens of union renewal as it engaged in a struggle against contractualization at Philippine Airlines (PAL). The study used participant observation, in depth interviews and analysis of documents. The PAL-PALEA dispute has been the biggest labor row in recent history. PALEA saw outsourcing not just as a scheme to replace regular with contractual workers but also as a ploy to suspend collective bargaining negotiations and bust the union. PALEA insisted outsourcing and the state’s lax policy on contractualization will lead to the degradation of the working conditions of all Filipino workers. Thus the strategic choice to resist and the logic of transformation in the process of union renewal. From a passive and co-opted union that was retreating in the face of management attacks, PALEA transformed into a fighting organization strengthened by mass participation. The external threat of outsourcing molded the contours and tempo of the internal changes undergone by PALEA. PALEA implemented its struggle along the lines of social movement unionism to encompass the labor movement and civil society. The resolute fight and the solidarity movement exerted enough leverage to impact on the behavior of the IR parties involved, specifically PAL which signed a settlement agreement and the government which enacted new rules on contractualization. |
| Degree Course | Master of Industrial Relations |
| Language | English; Filipino |
| Keyword | union renewal, social movement unionism, Philippine Airlines (PAL), Philippine Airlines Employees' Association (PALEA), outsourcing, contractualization, dispute, labor row |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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