Month: October 2021

‘No Vaccine, No Work policy,’ Discriminatory and Tantamount to Illegal Dismissal

October 27, 2021

“It is nothing but discriminatory and in times of pandemic where many are hungry, the policy is not only illegal but cruel and inhumane”. The Secretary knows very well the existing no work, no pay policy, CTUHR said in a statement. The last several days, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello […]

Hands-Off Nico Canave! Hands-Off Labor Rights Defenders!

October 24, 2021

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the harassment, threat and surveillance conducted against one of its staff, Giebdhart “Nico” Canave, 38 years old. Canave who is employed since April 2020 by this institution as a Documentation and Research Officer was harassed and threatened by individuals who introduced themselves as “mga […]

Position Paper of CTUHR and WOMEN WISE3 in support of House Resolution 1167 and 1404 (Ratification by the Philippine Government of ILO C190)

October 19, 2021

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) and its daughter organization, Women Workers in Struggle for Employment, Empowerment and Emancipation (Women WISE3) support the House Resolution 1167 and 1404 calling for the ratification of the ILO Convention 190 entitled Violence and Harassments Convention, 2019 for the following reasons: That DOLE Sec. Silvestre Bello III, now the ILO […]

Labor Rights Group Challenges Nestle’s Commitment to Human Rights amidst Reports of Illegal Retrenchment and Harassment of Unionists

October 4, 2021

..”At Nestlé, we are determined to keep violations out of the value chains we control and to foster systems that can help keep them out of those we do not.” – Nestle Global website  The Center of Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) appreciates and counts on the human rights commitment made by Nestle Global in […]