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Hands-Off Nico Canave! Hands-Off Labor Rights Defenders!

October 24, 2021

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the harassment, threat and surveillance conducted against one of its staff, Giebdhart “Nico” Canave, 38 years old. Canave who is employed since April 2020 by this institution as a Documentation and Research Officer was harassed and threatened by individuals who introduced themselves as “mga […]

What Industrial Peace? 

July 12, 2021

What industrial peace? This is the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights’ (CTUHR) reaction  when Sec. Silvestre Bello was asked what is the the legacy of the Duterte administration in the labor sector. Sec. Bello boasted that this was done achieved through “tripartism” or the three-way dialogue between the State, the employers and the workers.  […]

An Assessment of Duterte’s Five Years in Office

July 1, 2021

As the countdown for the last 365 days of President Duterte in office begins, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) unites with workers, trade unionists and human rights defenders in delivering the message of ending the years of hardships that Duterte’s regime has severely inflicted against the Filipino people. With this, CTUHR commits […]

On Duterte’s Proposal to Arm PNP’s Force Multipliers

June 29, 2021

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) slams Duterte’s proposal of arming anti-crime volunteers or its so-called “force multipliers.  Duterte pitched this idea during the launching of PNP’s Global Coalition of Lingkod Bayan Advocacy Support Groups and Force Multipliers on June 25.  CTUHR fears that this so-called “anti-crime volunteers” will only be used […]

Plight of Filipino Workers, Worsened by State Incompetence and Injustice – Labor Rights NGO

May 1, 2021

On the International Labor Day, labor rights NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), expresses alarm on the deteriorating state of Filipino workers amid the multi-faceted crises – health, employment and human rights crises. The plight of the Filipino workers is further worsened by the government’s incompetent pandemic response and the state-sponsored attacks and […]

Community Pantries: Reflection of Failure of Government to Pandemic Response, Proof of Filipino Bayanihan Spirit is Alive amidst Crises

April 26, 2021

The Center of Trade Union and Human Rights condemns the dirty staining of black propaganda and red tagging towards Community Pantry organizers by no other than the spokespersons of the National Taskforce to End Local Communist Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and Lorraine Marie Badoy.  The malicious and incriminating remarks made by these […]

Stop Crucifying the Workers and the People!

March 31, 2021

“We were under agency contract for several years, until the union fought for our regularization. Our workload is lighter compared before, though still difficult. We now enjoy wage increase and benefits. Before being part of the union, even operators or workers compete, working to the max, to increase the output, increasing the profit without increasing […]

Labor Rights NGO Demand Aid not Raid, Mass testing not Mass Arrests

March 30, 2021

\The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the simultaneous illegal raids and arrest of progressive leaders in Central Luzon and another raid in Laguna. The Center calls for their immediate and unconditional release and an investigation on the obvious violations in the said raids.  “Once again, stricter quarantine protocols are being […]

Bloody Sunday In Southern Tagalog, a New Height of Inhumanity and Injustice Under the Duterte Administration

March 8, 2021

Just two days after Duterte was quoted giving yet another order to kill, the country wakes up to a “Bloody Sunday” on March 7, 2021. Human rights groups tagged this day as such, as the Synchronized Enhanced Managing of Police Operations (SEMPO) in Laguna, Rizal, Cavite and Batangas resulted to extrajudicial killings and illegal arrests […]

Free our Unionists! Stop Persecution of Labor Leaders!

March 5, 2021

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the illegal arrest and filing of trumped up charges against two (2) unionists in Laguna, yesterday. The usual modus of early morning raids and tanim-ebidensya was again used in a recent attack against labor leaders.  On March 3, 2021Arnedo Lagunias and Ramir Corcolon were arrested in separate […]