The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is calling on the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to strengthen protections as extreme heat poses an increasingly serious threat to Filipino workers. In 2024, soaring temperatures between 40-60 degrees Celsius dominated the news, highlighting the dangerous effects of extreme heat on public health. While […]
Another set of trumped-up charges dismissed, another labor activist freed. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) celebrates the release from prison on February 27 of a veteran union organizer working in Negros Occidental province. It says the junking of trumped-up charges against the organizer shows that other political prisoners from the labor […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government for achieving the country’s exit from the dirty money grey list of Paris-based watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) by further strangling civic space. In its February meeting, the FATF removed the Philippines from its grey list after the country […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the United States government for exempting its USD 500 million military aid to the Philippines from US President Donald Trump’s suspension of all US foreign aid. The security aid, approved by former US President Joe Biden, was announced in 2024 and will be allotted to […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) unites with the Filipino workers and people in marking the 39th anniversary of the historic February 1986 Edsa People Power uprising. We are calling on Filipino workers to continue the spirit of Edsa in struggling for labor and human rights, democracy and social justice. Filipino workers […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the guidelines against discrimination released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the 2025 elections. The guidelines’ release is a step in the right direction and the Comelec must ensure that they are properly implemented. The Comelec released Resolution No. 11116 titled “Anti-Discrimination and Fair […]
Today, we mark the seventh anniversary of labor activist and political detainee Maoj Maga’s imprisonment with a protest in front of the Justice Department calling for immediate freedom for him, for all the 25 political prisoners from the labor movement, and all political prisoners in the country. Among the political prisoners from the labor movement, […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Marcos Jr government for filing a trumped-up terrorism financing case against Mike Cabangon, a long-time labor leader in the Cordillera region. Filing the case is an act of harassment as the case is baseless and must be junked […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma for assuming jurisdiction over the labor dispute in electronics giant Nexperia’s plant in Cabuyao, Laguna. This is a violation of the Nexperia workers’ right to collectively bargain and strike and their right to decent work. The 1,585 workers of Nexperia Philippines […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) celebrates the junking of trumped-up charges against two urban poor activists after almost six years of imprisonment. Their case is yet another example of how the government uses trumped-up charges to repress activism and dissent. We are glad that urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap […]
