Southern Tagalog labor leader’s prison release: other pol detainees should follow

November 20, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) celebrates the release from prison of a labor leader from the Southern Tagalog region who was arrested in October 2024 based on trumped-up charges. It is calling on the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government to immediately release the other 18 political detainees from the labor movement in […]

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Strong typhoons, floods make COP30 action urgent

November 16, 2025

The extremely strong typhoons and floods that the Filipino workers and people experienced in recent months show that the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), currently being held in Belem, Brazil, needs to come up with decisive actions to uphold a pro-worker and pro-people change towards an economy that protects the world’s environment. Typhoon […]

BPO firms’ safety violations during Uwan should be punished

November 15, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) stands with the country’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees in demanding that employers who placed their safety at risk during super typhoon Uwan should be held accountable. The Ferdinand Marcos Jr government should punish erring BPO firms to ensure the protection of Filipino workers. We salute […]

Cebu union leader’s murder raises workplace safety concerns

November 14, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) mourns the untimely death of Bisher Miñoza, a union leader employed by the Coke factory in Cebu, who was murdered on the night of October 24, 2025. We express our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues in the labor group the Sentro ng mga […]

Kawasaki strike injunction: reinstate unionists, heed workers’ demands

November 13, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its deep concern over the injunction imposed by the Labor Secretary on the strike of motorcycle company Kawasaki. We demand that the Labor Department compel the company to reinstate the seven (7) unionists whom it retrenched and heed the workers’ demands for higher pay. Last […]