Several lawyers, artists, Church people, members of the academe and labor rights advocates launched the Labor Rights Defender Network (LaRD-Net) on October 9, 2019. The formation of this new network is a response to the growing need to consolidate the ranks of labor rights defenders in support of workers in the midst of continuing violation […]
Today, September 20, marks the Global Climate Strike organized and spearheaded by the youth and supported by different sectors around the world. This aims to make a strong call for Climate Justice, in time for the United Nations’ climate talks leading to the 26thConference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Workers […]
MOn September 10, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joined fellow labor and human rights defenders and advocates at the Commission on Human Rights’ public inquiry on the attacks on human rights defenders in the country. “We welcome these efforts of the CHR to hear the plight of human rights defenders in […]
Workers of Pepmaco and their supporters conducted a picket protest near in their plant in Airstrip Silangan, Canlubang, Calamba City in Laguna last September 9. They are still demanding for regularization of work and to improve working condition. The Pepmaco Workers Union (PWU-NAFLU-KMU) thru their Union President Angelo Canete vows to continue their collective action […]
Resist Martial Law in Negros, Stop the Killings! Build Peace in Negros Now! What’s in Negros Island that killings, violence and poverty keep on pounding the province and its people seems to have not known peace in their lives? Why is the State is using it as a laboratory or testing ground for something so dangerous […]
“Big foreign capitalists and their partner businesses are celebrating with the veto of the SoT Bill.” This is the initial reaction of the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) on President Duterte’s Veto of the Security of Tenure Bill. Duterte vetoed the bill, last night, retracted an hour later and formalized the veto […]
“Broken promises, broken further by a combination of laws and practices that Duterte government created while making the Filipino poor poorer and sending the Philippines to indebtedness to China”, says the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) on the President’s 4thState of the Nation Address (SONA) and 3 years in power. “Duterte actually inflicted […]
“They are lying! No one from DOLE contacted us to ask about the 43 workers and labour rights defenders killed under the three years of the Duterte administration,”said Daisy Arago, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) Executive Director. This is almost double the 26 killed under 6-year Aquino administration, and almost half of […]
(photo from PEPMACO Workers Union FB Page) The labor rights NGO, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the barbaric and brutal attack against the striking workers of Peerless Producers Manufacturing Corporation (PEPMACO), manufacturer of Champion brand detergent and other surfactants. At around 1:00 in the morning of June 28, 2019, hundreds […]
Days had passed since your passing and the grief had been overwhelming. It is not a comfortable and feeling to write a tribute to someone who passed away, because you can no longer hear what we have to say. There’s always this guilt that we didn’t even thank you enough when you were alive. THANK […]
