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Labor Rights Group Hit Mon Tulfo’s Insensitive and Cruel Remark About Filipino Workers

by ctuhr | Mar 20, 2019 | Releases | 0

“Anong karapatan niyang sabihin iyon tungkol sa amin. Wala siyang alam sa pang-araw-araw naming paghihirap. Subukan nga niyang gawin ang trabaho naming, kahit isang linggo lang!”says Jimmy, when asked of his reaction to Special...

WORKERS’ RIGHTS WATCH ALERT

by ctuhr | Mar 19, 2019 | Releases, WORKERS' RIGHTS WATCH ALERT | 0

Union President Arrested and Falsely Charged with Illegal Possession of Firearms Earlier today, the Union President of Chinese-owned Pioneer Float Glass Manufacturing Inc. (formerly Asahi Flat Glass Corporation), Eugene Garcia,...

Rice Tariffication Law, to Impoverish More Farmers and Increase Migration and Exploitation

by ctuhr | Feb 28, 2019 | Releases | 0

“When a new law is passed and government promises that it will improve our lives, the people,...

Military Nabbed and Took Custody of 3 Union Leaders in Southern Mindanao

by ctuhr | Feb 28, 2019 | Releases, WORKERS' RIGHTS WATCH ALERT | 0

Elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 71stInfantry Batallion-Philippine Army nabbed three (3) union leaders of Musahamat Workers Labor Union (MWLU II-NAFLU-KMU) yesterday, February 27 in Pantukan, Compostela...

Workers, Labor Rights Advocates Look Back at 2018, Slam Duterte Admin for Rampant Labor Rights Violations

by ctuhr | Jan 31, 2019 | Releases | 0

MOn January 31, 2019, more than 200 workers, Church people and students gathered at the Iglesia...

On the 70thAnniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Duterte Administration Slammed for Trade Union and Human Rights Violations

by ctuhr | Dec 10, 2018 | Releases | 0

“Forty two (42) unionists, farm workers and labour rights defenders killed, strikes violently dispersed, contractualization and poverty among workers increase multifold, and there is no indication that Duterte regime is...

Labor Rights Group Releases “Bananas and Bullets: A Special Report on the Struggle of Banana Workers in Sumifru in Compostela”

by ctuhr | Nov 24, 2018 | Releases, Special Report | 0

On October 1, 2018, workers of Sumifru Philippines Corporation, a Japanese-owned multinational company, launched a strike over the company’s various labor rights violations. As the workers resisted and protested against the...

READ: ICTUR expresses alarm over deterioration of trade union rights in PH, urges Duterte admin to comply with international law

by ctuhr | Nov 8, 2018 | Releases | 0

In its recent letter, the International Centre for Trade Union Rights expresses anew grave alarm...

[Repost] World Bank and IMF Maximise Corporate Greed, Say Women’s Groups Opposing Report

by ctuhr | Oct 22, 2018 | Releases | 0

Stop promoting labour market deregulation, a race to the bottom’ The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently held their Annual Meeting in Bali, Indonesia between October 8 and 14 to discuss issues of...

Labor Rights Group Decries Massacre of 9 Farmworkers in Negros Occidental

by ctuhr | Oct 21, 2018 | Releases, WORKERS' RIGHTS WATCH ALERT | 0

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns in strongest possible term the...

Labor Rights Group Condemns Brutal Dispersal of Banana Plantation Workers’ Strike; Demands Accountability of Sumifru and Its Cohorts in Duterte Government

by ctuhr | Oct 13, 2018 | Releases | 0

Labor rights group, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) strongly denounces the violent...

[REPOST] Statement: Women’s Groups Oppose World Bank Proposals to Weaken Labour Rights, Protections and Corporate Accountability

by ctuhr | Oct 11, 2018 | Releases | 0

As the IMF and World Bank began their meeting in Bali, Indonesia, first with civil society organizations and a formal meeting that will begin on October 12, CTUHR joins various movements and organizations in opposing the...

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