A labor rights NGO said that the jeepney drivers’ transport strike and their supporters’ protests in Metro Manila last Thursday were marred by police harassment and surveillance, as well as other breaches of the right to freedom of assembly and expression. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said that in most protest […]
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Electronics giant Nexperia reinstated two union officials whom it had laid off in a labor dispute, and labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said the move is a positive development for workers’ right to freedom of association in the country. On March 9, Dutch-owned electronics company Nexperia Philippines, Inc. reinstated Antonio […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day, a labor NGO said that sexism, currently a hot topic on Philippine social media, exists in the country’s workplaces, as women workers struggle with lower pay, lack of maternity benefits, denial of job security, and sexual harassment and violence. Labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) […]
Joining a protest to mark the fifth anniversary of the deadly Bloody Sunday joint police-military raids in Southern Tagalog, labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) decried the continuing denial of justice to the victims and their families and called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to hold to account the police and […]
Hailing the Tacloban Regional Trial Court’s dismissal of terrorism financing charges against an NGO leader as a victory for civil society, labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said that the decision is yet another proof of the military’s harassment of NGOs in the country. In a ruling dated February 27, 2026, […]
