MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday committed to holding a dialogue with riders of food delivery service Food Panda, who protested against “unfair labor practices” in front of the office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
“They would want to sit down and ask for a dialogue and the Secretary behind me is committing himself that he would meet them soon,” Senator Joel Villanueva said during the Senate deliberations on the proposed budget of DOLE for 2021.
Villanueva was defending the proposed budget of DOLE.
Before this, Senator Richard Gordon informed DOLE of reports that Food Panda riders went to the agency’s building in Intramu…
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