The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) denounces the illegal arrest and calls for the immediate release of Eugene Garcia, Union President of Pioneer Float Glass Manufacturing Inc. (formerly Asahi Flat Glass Corporation). On March 19, Garcia who just came home from a hearing at the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB), was […]
“Anong karapatan niyang sabihin iyon tungkol sa amin. Wala siyang alam sa pang-araw-araw naming paghihirap. Subukan nga niyang gawin ang trabaho naming, kahit isang linggo lang!”says Jimmy, when asked of his reaction to Special Envoy to China Mon Tulfo’s remarks that Filipino construction workers are ‘lazy slowpokes.’ (“What right does he have to say that […]
Union President Arrested and Falsely Charged with Illegal Possession of Firearms Earlier today, the Union President of Chinese-owned Pioneer Float Glass Manufacturing Inc. (formerly Asahi Flat Glass Corporation), Eugene Garcia, was served a search warrant in his home in Pasig City. According to the police, they saw a 45-calibre firearm inside Garcia’s house, but Garcia […]
“When a new law is passed and government promises that it will improve our lives, the people, especially the poor, get scared and angry. It is the same feeling when President Duterte signed the Rice Tariffication Law last February 15 because the same argument or promises were used when TRAIN law was passed on December […]
Elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 71stInfantry Batallion-Philippine Army nabbed three (3) union leaders of Musahamat Workers Labor Union (MWLU II-NAFLU-KMU) yesterday, February 27 in Pantukan, Compostela Valley for their affiliation with Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU). KMU is tagged by the government as communist front, which the latter denied. Reports from KMU-Southern […]
MOn January 31, 2019, more than 200 workers, Church people and students gathered at the Iglesia Filipina Independiente National Cathedral to tackle the situation of workers’ and human rights in the country. The activity is hosted and organized by the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) in partnership with the IFI Workers Assistance […]
“Forty two (42) unionists, farm workers and labour rights defenders killed, strikes violently dispersed, contractualization and poverty among workers increase multifold, and there is no indication that Duterte regime is stopping. Workers must continue to organize and protest harder! This is the best reason to mark the 70thanniversary of Human Rights Declaration and honour those […]
On October 1, 2018, workers of Sumifru Philippines Corporation, a Japanese-owned multinational company, launched a strike over the company’s various labor rights violations. As the workers resisted and protested against the exploitative measure of the company, they were answered with more attacks on their rights. Just a few weeks ago, on October 31, one of […]
In its recent letter, the International Centre for Trade Union Rights expresses anew grave alarm over the “increasing deterioration of trade union rights in the Philippines” and the “repeated stigmatisation of trade union” which places the lives of unionists and labor activists in danger. ICTUR Director Daniel Blackburn raises deep concerns over the episodes of […]
Stop promoting labour market deregulation, a race to the bottom’ The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently held their Annual Meeting in Bali, Indonesia between October 8 and 14 to discuss issues of global economic and developmental concern, and to provide recommendations for the World Development Report 2019. The report, which proposes […]
