A labor NGO said that the acquittal and release from prison of a long-time women and children’s rights defender should compel the Marcos Jr government to review cases and laws that target labor and civil society activists. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said that the acquittal of Sally Ujano, Women’s Crisis […]
As it launches the initial findings and recommendations of its 2025 report today, a network devoted to the rights of Filipino workers detailed the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government’s promises of taking action and actual inaction and called on the government to address the major rights issues facing workers. At a press conference at the Smallville […]
A labor NGO today condemned the attempt by a factory owned by Filipino billionaire Lucio Tan to disperse a protest held by its workers over a deadlock in CBA negotiations due to the management’s refusal to bargain in earnest. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemned Packageworld, Inc., a maker of packaging […]
A labor rights NGO said that the jeepney drivers’ transport strike and their supporters’ protests in Metro Manila last Thursday were marred by police harassment and surveillance, as well as other breaches of the right to freedom of assembly and expression. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said that in most protest […]
Electronics giant Nexperia reinstated two union officials whom it had laid off in a labor dispute, and labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said the move is a positive development for workers’ right to freedom of association in the country. On March 9, Dutch-owned electronics company Nexperia Philippines, Inc. reinstated Antonio […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day, a labor NGO said that sexism, currently a hot topic on Philippine social media, exists in the country’s workplaces, as women workers struggle with lower pay, lack of maternity benefits, denial of job security, and sexual harassment and violence. Labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) […]
Joining a protest to mark the fifth anniversary of the deadly Bloody Sunday joint police-military raids in Southern Tagalog, labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) decried the continuing denial of justice to the victims and their families and called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to hold to account the police and […]
Hailing the Tacloban Regional Trial Court’s dismissal of terrorism financing charges against an NGO leader as a victory for civil society, labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said that the decision is yet another proof of the military’s harassment of NGOs in the country. In a ruling dated February 27, 2026, […]
Predatory and should be lowered. This was labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights’ (CTUHR) response to a feature article published in weekly newsmagazine Nikkei Asia about the high interest of loans being made available by Grab Philippines to its workers. According to a March 3, 2026 article titled “Grab charges Philippine bike […]
Today, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins the Filipino workers and people in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Edsa “People Power” uprising. With the significant participation of Filipino workers, Edsa successfully toppled the US-backed one-man Marcos dictatorship and reinstalled elite democracy. Acting on Edsa’s pressure, the post-dictatorship regime enshrined robust […]
