Anti-terror laws were weaponized vs. labor

July 3, 2025

As the Anti-Terror Act (ATA) marks its fifth year, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins labor centers, development and other NGOs, and people’s organizations in calling for the immediate review, if not the junking, of the law, together with the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (TFPSA). The country’s supposed anti-terrorism […]

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P50 wage hike shows legislation needed

July 1, 2025

The P50 minimum wage increase which was recently approved by the Metro Manila wage board does little to provide workers with an immediate relief amidst the cost of living crisis and to move closer to a living wage as mandated by the 1987 Philippine Constitution. While the P50 wage hike is the highest increase ever […]

NTF-ELCAC on UN rapporteur report hints govt non-compliance

June 24, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) statement on the June 2025 report on the Philippines submitted by Ms. Irene Khan, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion. The anti-insurgency body’s statement is full of distortions about its […]

ICE-detained Pinoy union leader should be freed, not deported

June 24, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its solidarity with Maximo “Kuya Max” Londonio, a Filipino union leader in the US, and his family, friends and comrades in the labor and migrant movement in calling for his immediate release from detention by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a stop […]

NTF-ELCAC on UN rapporteur report hints govt non-compliance

June 23, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) statement on the June 2025 report on the Philippines submitted by Ms. Irene Khan, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion. The anti-insurgency body’s statement is full of distortions about its […]