Yesterday, May 4, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the government’s leading anti-insurgency body, released a statement titled “An Insurgency-Free Philippines is on the Horizon” that presents its analysis of the state and future of the government’s fight against the insurgency. The statement, signed by NTF-ELCAC vice-chairperson and National Security […]
Today marks the third year since labor organizer Loi Magbanua was abducted and disappeared by suspected state agents after attending a meeting in Valenzuela City. While her case shows how the writ of amparo issued by the courts can be ignored by police authorities, we continue to demand that she be surfaced immediately. Magbanua, an […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights welcomes the Ferdinand Marcos Jr administration’s financial and economic assistance program for labor rights defenders, but emphasizes that this is the bare minimum in upholding workers’ labor and human rights. Yesterday, Labor Day, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) […]
Today, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins Filipino workers and the workers of the world in marking International Labor Day by supporting them in demanding the advancement of workers’ labor and human rights. This year is the third Labor Day under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and workers’ rights […]
Temperatures and humidity in the country remain high, and the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is calling on the government to ensure that employers are protecting workers from extreme heat. April and May are the hottest months of the year, everyone is complaining about the heat, and temperatures are again in news […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the abduction of a campaigner of progressive partylist group Bayan Muna in the Southern Tagalog region as another proof of the rottenness of elections in the country under elite democracy. We demand that Pauline Joy Banjawan, who is also an organizer of progressive urban […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins the Catholic Church, the entire Christendom, and the workers of the world in mourning the death of Pope Francis, the workers’ and people’s pope. We will remember Pope Francis as a true follower of Christ, a champion of the dignity of workers and all humans, […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) marks the first year of veteran labor organizer William Lariosa’s disappearance by condemning the Philippine courts’ inaction on his case and by calling for his immediate surfacing by the Philippine military. We also express our solidarity with Lariosa’s family and colleagues and various organizations in southern […]
As the labor movement prepares to mark Labor Day, the third under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, we at the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) call the public’s attention to continuing violations of Filipino workers’ labor and human rights and call on the government to end these violations. Former President Rodrigo Duterte has […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) express its warm solidarity with the workers of J&T Express and their unions in Manila and Pampanga who launched their respective strikes against the unfair labor practices of one of country’s leading logistics company. On March 3, around 100 J&T riders and truck drivers, led by […]
