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Labor Rights Group Condemns Brutal Dispersal of Banana Plantation Workers’ Strike; Demands Accountability of Sumifru and Its Cohorts in Duterte Government

October 13, 2018

Labor rights group, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) strongly denounces the violent dispersal of the workers’ strike at Sumifru Philippines Corporation in Compostela Valley. On October 11, 2018, 11th day of the strike, combined elements of 66th IB of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP) and private […]

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[REPOST] Statement: Women’s Groups Oppose World Bank Proposals to Weaken Labour Rights, Protections and Corporate Accountability

October 11, 2018

As the IMF and World Bank began their meeting in Bali, Indonesia, first with civil society organizations and a formal meeting that will begin on October 12, CTUHR joins various movements and organizations in opposing the International Monetary Fund – World Bank (IMF-WB) proposal about the so-called ‘future of work’. We are reposting the Thailand-based […]

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Epson and Toshiba Supplier Shuts Down Operation in the Middle of Bargaining Negotiation, Workers Decry Union Busting

October 9, 2018

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 […]

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ON THE DISMISSAL OF USEC. JOEL MAGLUNSOD: An Affront to Struggling Workers; State Forces Cue for Intensified Worker’s Rights Violations 

October 7, 2018

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 […]

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WRW ALERT: Assumption of Jurisdiction (AJ) Served at SUMIFRU Srike for Economic Gains, Says DOLE; ‘Whose Economic Gains?,’ Workers Ask

October 6, 2018

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 […]

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On AFP & Malacanang’s Statement Implicating Trade Unions in “Red October”: Ridiculous, Irresponsible and Sinister

September 29, 2018

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 […]

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On Palparan’s Conviction: A Tortoruously Long Wait, But Worthy

September 23, 2018

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 […]

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Labor Rights Group Raises Alarm Over Intensified Attacks on Labor Leaders in Compostela Valley

September 9, 2018

[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 […]

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Labour Rights Group Condemns the Killing of Butch Rosales, A Labour Rights Defender

August 13, 2018

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 […]

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Labor Rights Group Denounce Brutal Dispersal, Illegal Arrest and False Charges Against the Nutriasia Workers And Supporters, Express Fear for their Safety

August 1, 2018

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 […]

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