Veteran labor organizer’s disappearance: one year, no action from courts

April 10, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) marks the first year of veteran labor organizer William Lariosa’s disappearance by condemning the Philippine courts’ inaction on his case and by calling for his immediate surfacing by the Philippine military. We also express our solidarity with Lariosa’s family and colleagues and various organizations in southern […]

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Duterte in ICC but rights violations persist under Marcos Jr

April 8, 2025

As the labor movement prepares to mark Labor Day, the third under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, we at the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) call the public’s attention to continuing violations of Filipino workers’ labor and human rights and call on the government to end these violations. Former President Rodrigo Duterte has […]

J&T Express must stop unfair labor practices

April 2, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) express its warm solidarity with the workers of J&T Express and their unions in Manila and Pampanga who launched their respective strikes against the unfair labor practices of one of country’s leading logistics company. On March 3, around 100 J&T riders and truck drivers, led by […]

Lyceum should uphold rights of its faculty

March 29, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) calls on the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) administration to uphold the labor and human rights of the university’s faculty, in light of the faculty union’s preparations for a strike. After seven months of negotiations for a Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Lyceum Faculty Association (LFA) […]

Duterte is 80, labor leader would have been 39

March 28, 2025

Today, March 28, is significant for the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) for two reasons: it is former President Rodrigo Duterte’s 80th birthday and labor leader Dandy Miguel’s fourth death annivesary. We call for justice for Pangulong Dandy and all the victims of extrajudicial killings in the labor movement during Duterte’s reign […]