The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the guidelines against discrimination released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the 2025 elections. The guidelines’ release is a step in the right direction and the Comelec must ensure that they are properly implemented. The Comelec released Resolution No. 11116 titled “Anti-Discrimination and Fair […]
Today, we mark the seventh anniversary of labor activist and political detainee Maoj Maga’s imprisonment with a protest in front of the Justice Department calling for immediate freedom for him, for all the 25 political prisoners from the labor movement, and all political prisoners in the country. Among the political prisoners from the labor movement, […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Marcos Jr government for filing a trumped-up terrorism financing case against Mike Cabangon, a long-time labor leader in the Cordillera region. Filing the case is an act of harassment as the case is baseless and must be junked […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma for assuming jurisdiction over the labor dispute in electronics giant Nexperia’s plant in Cabuyao, Laguna. This is a violation of the Nexperia workers’ right to collectively bargain and strike and their right to decent work. The 1,585 workers of Nexperia Philippines […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) celebrates the junking of trumped-up charges against two urban poor activists after almost six years of imprisonment. Their case is yet another example of how the government uses trumped-up charges to repress activism and dissent. We are glad that urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the House of Representatives’ approval on second reading of the bill seeking a P200 wage hike for minimum wage workers in the country. At the same time, we are alarmed by, and condemn, the watering down of the bill previously approved by the House Labor […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the House Committee on Labor and Employment’s consolidation and passage of bills for a P200 across-the-board minimum wage hike for private sector workers. This is a small step in the right direction. We are glad that the House version of the bill mandates a wage […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the dismissal of terrorist financing charges that were filed against the head of a Leyte-based development NGO. At the same time, it condemns the filing of similar charges against five activists in the Cagayan Valley region. The increase in cases of terrorist financing filed by […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the arrest of Myrna Cruz-Abraham, a former labor organizer and a veteran activist, based on trumped-up charges of frustrated murder. Her arrest shows that repression of dissent continues under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government. Abraham, 69 years old, was arrested by eight Philippine National […]
Government claims that it met inflation targets are not convincing for workers and ordinary Filipinos who feel the increase in prices of basic goods and in payments for basic services. We call on the government to take decisive action against these price and payment hikes. In early January, the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government claimed that […]
