Month: April 2013

CTUHR Urges Government to Resolve Joblessness, Low Wage to Alleviate Poverty

April 26, 2013

In reaction to the latest poverty statistics reported by the NSCB which showed that poverty in the country has not changed from 2009 to 2012, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights urged the Aquino administration to resolve joblessness and low wages in order to alleviate poverty. Daisy Arago, CTUHR executive director said, “We […]

Labor group condemns violence in dispersal of workers protest

April 17, 2013

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights condemned the violence employed by members of the Quezon City Police District to stop the protest of some 129 workers of Pentagon Steel Corporation on April 15 in Bgy. Apolonio Samson, Quezon City. “We condemn the violent dispersal of the [workers’] protest done by members of Quezon […]