MANILA – 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.
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.