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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 THE EDGE OF FEAR

January 12, 2022

Struggles of Young Contractual Workers When you are 25 years old and does not have a secure job, you are always afraid. You scramble where to apply for a new job after 5 months. You worry if any company will accept you because you compete with more and more younger workers every time. You feel […]

Stories of Women During the Pandemic

July 11, 2021

translated from Women WISE3 (stories of impacts, of resilience, hope and struggles of workers, their organization, unions in the time of pandemic) To be a Mother and Unemployed  My name is Precy Laging, married to Lando Laging and we are blessed with a 13 year old boy. We are renting a small room, just enough […]

PANDEMYA, PANUNUPIL MONITOR OCT-DEC issue:

January 4, 2021

New Normal sa Ilalim ni Duterte: Panunupil at Kapabayaan Makasaysayan ang Taong 2020 sa lahat. Napakaraming mga pangyayaring lokal at pandaigdigan ang bumago sa takbo ng kinasanayang buhay ng nakararami. Kung sa Pilipinas iyan, nariyan ang mga sunud-sunod na disaster at kalamidad mula sa pag-aalburoto ng Bulkang Taal, Bagyong Ulysses, Rolly, Vicky at iba pa. […]

#KwentongLockdown 2

April 24, 2020

Ako si Me-Ann at ito ang #KwentongLockdown ko. Isa akong street sweeper sa Novaliches. Nang ipatupad ang lockdown, kaming mga babaeng street sweeper ay hindi na muna pinapasok. Mga lalaki na lang daw muna ang magpapatuloy sa trabaho. Kaya naman matinding hirap ang hinaharap namin sa pagkukuhaan ng panggastos pang-araw-araw. Para makaraos ay naisip naming magkakapitbahay na […]

#KwentongLockdown 1

April 24, 2020

Ako si Melvin at ito ang #KwentongLockdown ko. Isa akong welder sa isang kumpanya sa Valenzuela. May isang anak ako at buntis ang aking asawa. No work-no pay ang trabaho ko. Nakatanggap lang ako ng 13th month pay na nagkakahalagang P1,700 mula sa kumpanya. Hindi pa ako nakakuha ng pangakong financial assistance ng DOLE na […]

Si Nanay Teresita at Silang mga Daud

August 23, 2017

Noong nakaraang buwan, Hunyo 2017, isinagawa ng mga minero mula sa Mindanao ang “Lakbayan”. Ang “Lakbayan” ay isang kampanya na isinagawa ng mga minero mula sa Mindanao para iparating sa mga kinauukulang ahensya ng gobyerno sa Maynila ang kanilang kalagayan sa mga minahan, at panawagang tulong at agarang aksyon sa mga iyon. Itinayo ng mga […]

What Duterte must do for workers

May 27, 2016

(published on May 27, 2016 @ the Philippine Daily Inquirer) Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte said he will stop labor contractualization in this country. He said he doesn’t want companies firing workers after five months to avoid giving them the right wages and benefits. We commend Duterte’s resolve to end the practice of contractualization, which has […]