SMT Philippines Inc., a Japanese company producing and supplying USB for Toshiba and motherboard for EPSON printers closes operation without notice last, October 1, 2018, in what the workers’ union says is an apparent move to stop their collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiation and to bust their union. SMT management denied entry of the morning shift workers […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is dismayed, but not surprised over the sudden removal of Joel Maglunsod from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Duterte’s ascription of the workers strikes and collective actions in different parts of the country to then Usec. Maglunsod is a direct affront to the intelligence […]
Earlier today, Sec. Silvestre Bello of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) served an Assumption of Jurisdiction (AJ) Order on the strike of eight (8) unions led by NAMASUFA-NAFLU-KMU, from different packing plants at banana plantation giant-SUMIFRU Corporation in Compostela Valley. The order came two days after Duterte fired Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod. Unlike the […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Right (CTUHR) slammed the statements made by AFP Chief Galvez and AFP Chief of Staff for Operations Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade with Ms. Tina Monzon-Palma on September 21,2018, alleging that the issue of rice shortage in the country is artificial and orchestrated by the communists. This, according to […]
CTUHR commends Judge Alexander Tamayo in courageously standing for the truth, in convicting the remorseless Gen. Jovito Palparan and his men in the kidnapping and serious illegal detention of Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan. We hail and join the many families of victims of human rights violations and human rights defenders in the celebration of […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Labor rights organization, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) raised alarm on the intensifying attacks on labor leaders in Southern Mindanao. Operating under the pretext of Martial Law, state forces hound workers struggling for their legitimate rights to protect and advance the business interests primarily […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) strongly condemns the killing of its former Cebu staff, Butch Rosales, who was gunned down by an unidentified man last August 8, Wednesday at 12:30 in the afternoon while on board a jeepney in Punta Engaño, Mactan, Cebu a community where Rosales grew up. He was […]
Labor rights group Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently denounces the violent dispersal thatinjured more than 30 persons and illegal arrest of 19 workers and supporters of NutriAsia in Marilao, Bulacan on July 30, 2018. CTUHR decries the consistent denial of NutriAsia that the striking workers were not theirs and of their […]
Labor rights group, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) slams the aggressive use of violence by police forces, against protesting workers and strikes over series of illegal job dismissals, non-compliance to labor department orders and discriminatory retrenchments. On Tuesday, July 3, the workers of an American-owned corporation, Middleby Philippines who are on […]
PRESS STATEMENT 25 May 2018 Reference: Daisy Arago CTUHR Executive Director Tel # 0916248 4876 / 4110256 BI’s denial of Sr Pat Fox’s petition to remain in the Philippines, another affront to the poor, plain hypocrisy The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTHUR) decries the Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) denial of Sister Pat […]
