The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the arrest of Jose Dahildahil Puansing, leader of a farm worker’s association, in Escalante City, Negros Occidental last October 7 on the basis of fabricated charges and an arrest warrant issued by well-known warrant factory judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court […]
Today, October 7, we mark World Day for Decent Work amidst candidates’ filing of candidacies for the 2025 mid-term elections before the Commission on Elections. We call on all candidates running for the Senate, the House of Representatives, and local government positions to immediately bare their agenda for decent jobs in the country. Decent work […]
The imposition of 12% Value-Added Tax on foreign digital services such as Netflix, HBO, Disney, Temu and Amazon poses dangers to workers and all Filipinos. We do not share the celebration being orchestrated by the government over President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s signing into law of Republic Act 112023 on September 2. We cast doubt on […]
One year ago, veteran labor organizer Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, 67, was murdered by police forces in his residence in Binangonan, Rizal. Despite the statement of then-Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin that the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government will carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into the case, Fernandez’ murder remains unsolved to this day. The […]
Today, we mark the 52nd anniversary of dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr’s declaration of Martial Law by condemning the continuation of Martial Law-type repression against the labor movement under the current presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The open fascist dictatorship of Marcos Sr is of course different from the elite democracy under Marcos Jr. The labor […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is calling the attention of the public and policymakers to the plight and protest of 400 employees who were retrenched in 2020 due to the privatization of the Bacolod City Water District or BACIWA. Amidst high unemployment in the country and the well-known problems brought about […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is dismayed by the admission of a Labor Department official that the country’s definition of an employed person is someone who worked for one hour in a week. We in the labor NGO believe that this definition is harmful to the labor and human rights of […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns Vice President Sara Duterte for stonewalling legislative hearings on the budget allocated to her offices, as her behavior and the government’s failure to keep it in check are ultimately detrimental to labor and human rights. On social media, videos of the vice-president have become viral: […]
Today, International Day of the Disappeared, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) calls for the immediate surfacing and release of James Jazmines, brother of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Alan Jazmines, who was last since in Tabaco, Albay and has been missing since August 23. James Jazmines served […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the announcement yesterday, August 26, National Heroes’ Day, of the candidacy for the Senate of 10 leaders of the Makabayang Koalisyon ng mga Mamamayan (Makabayan) bloc, as they will surely boost discussions about labor and human rights during their campaign. Whatever the outcome of the […]
