collective bargaining agreement

Labor Code, Article 6 Employment Protection

In 2003, several female flight attendants (collectively the petitioners) employed by Philippine Airlines (the respondent), alleged that a provision in their collective bargaining agreement was discriminatory because it required women to retire at 55 years of age, while men could work until 60 years of age. Philippine Airlines Inc. claimed that because the case involved a labor dispute, the court to which the case was assigned, the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, lacked subject matter jurisdiction.