PLDT employees call off strike

PLDT employees call off strike

MANILA (AFP): Employees of telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) have called off a six-day strike after reaching a compromise with the management, a company official said yesterday.

Antonio Samson, PLDT vice president for corporate services said the strike action had paralyzed almost 65 percent of PLDT's operations.

It began last week when management refused to renegotiate terms of the company's collective bargaining agreement with the union until the labor department had determined the official representatives of the negotiating panel.

"We've reached a compromise formula for an interim negotiating panel," Samson told AFP, adding that the barricades have been cleared and "everybody has returned to work." The management also shelved plans to hire new people following the return to work of its employees, he added.