ShareThisMANILA – Several employees of Philippine Air Lines staged a protest rally infront of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) over the planned retrenchment of 2,600 employees.
Philippine airlines ground crew shout slogans during a protest near Malacanang Palace in Manila on November 2, 2010. Hundreds of Philippine Airlines ground crew took to the streets November 2 to urge President Benigno Aquino to stop the flag carrier from farming out their jobs to other companies.
Malacanang, meanwhile, said it will not interfere in the PAL case against its employees, who will be affected by a mass layoff following the carrier’s decision to outsource some of its services.
The DOLE upheld PAL’s plan to outsource its in-flight catering operations, airport services operations and call center reservations operations, which would affect some 2,600 employees.
More than a hundred workers, led by the members of the PAL Employees’ Association (PALEA), protested the DOLE ruling in a rally before DOLE and at the Don Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola) and called on President Aquino to intervene.