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PAL, PALEA settle 2-year labor dispute [Philippines]
Philippine Airlines (PAL) and the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) have ended a two-year labor dispute by agreeing to reinstate all union members back to PAL…Trade Union Congress of the Philippines…lauded the forging of the final agreement between the two parties, calling it a “great union victory.”…The dispute stemmed from a 2010 PAL management decision to shut down the airline’s airport services division, in-flight catering and call-center reservations after these are outsourced, which resulted to the loss of jobs of more than 2,500 employees…