The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) hails the resolution filed by the Makabayan Bloc in Congress pushing to investigate the cases of harassment faced by labor activists this year. We call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to support the investigation, as it is a needed addition to his push for legislation favoring […]
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Today, International Human Rights Day, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) reiterates our urgent call to the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government: free all political prisoners from the labor movement and all political prisoners in the country. Releasing the 18 labor activists is a major step forward for workers’ rights and for undoing […]
A day before International Human Rights Day, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) raises the alarm over the continuing harassment of labor activists in the country, despite President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s executive order. We demand that the government investigate recent cases of harassment, hold those responsible accountable, and protect the right to […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) statement that P500 would suffice for a Filipino family’s noche buena meal. The statement is a justification for low wages and is simply out of touch with reality and unacceptable amidst the soaring prices of food. In late […]
On the seventh anniversary of the the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) reiterates its analysis that the government’s anti-communist agency is a bane to workers’ labor and human rights and to democracy in the country. We dare President Ferdinand Marcos Jr […]
