The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its heartfelt condolences with the family and friends of construction worker Eric Saber, who died of shotgun wounds inflicted by the police during the September 21 riot. Saber’s death highlights the police brutality and human rights violations in the police’s response to the riots. We […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) acknowledges President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s signing, last September 19, of an executive order affirming workers’ right to unionization. We consider this a positive development, but workers and their advocates will remain vigilant towards the order’s implementation. Executive Order No. 97 orders all government agencies to uphold […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns police brutality perpetrated against a segment of the anti-corruption protests on September 21, ironically the 53rd anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos Sr’s declaration of Martial Law. The Ferdinand Marcos Jr government should exert all efforts to rectify the human rights violations committed by the police on […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) unites with the Filipino workers and people who are holding big protests today to call for accountability for corrupt government officials and contractors and for a change in government policies in time for the 53rd anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law Today’s protests in Luneta, […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its concern over the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) declaration of a red alert in the wake of mounting anger and scheduled protests in relation to billions of pesos worth of corruption in the country’s flood control projects. Workers and all Filipinos will remain […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is calling the attention of the Muntinlupa City and national governments and the public to the demolition of urban poor homes in the Acero, Immaculate Conception and Sto. Niño communities of Barangay Cupang, Muntinlupa City yesterday, September 8, by a demolition team assisted by Philippine National […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its warm solidarity with the Indonesian workers and unions, students and people who are holding street protests against excessive pay for politicians and for higher wages for workers. We condemn the Prabowo Subianto government’s repression of the protests, which has led to the death of […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) sees the protests held by persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Bago City as legitimate, stemming from demands that the government must meet. It therefore condemns the reported repression of the protests, including prison authorities’ use of rubber bullets […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the harassment by state forces of two labor organizers in the Davao region in July and August. These cases of harassment show continuing violations of workers’ freedom of association and freedom of expression under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government. On July 24, military elements led […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the arrest on trumped-up charges of Felixberto Consad, member of progressive transport group Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON), on August 14 in Sogod, Southern Leyte. Consad’s arrest highlights the continuity of the human rights situation in the country […]
