Month: February 2022

Unwanted Visits Threaten Livesof Unionists

February 21, 2022

(CTUHR’s article included in Karapatan’s 2021 Year-End Human Rights Report) Under Duterte’s war against dissent, red-tagging of activists and critics was at its worst. The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) became its main instrument in its red-tagging spree against various progressive groups and individuals who criticize Duterte’s policies and programs. […]

On DOLE’s Response to ILO’s Recent Report on Trade Union Rights Violations in PH

February 15, 2022

We’ve done our part, it’s time to do your work, DOLE. Defend our unions! We sincerely appreciate  the ILO statement asking the Department of Labor (DOLE) to investigate the trade union rights violations in PH. It was in the same spirit that we supported the Labour Rights Defenders (LaRD-Net) in a dialogue with Sec. Bello and […]