A labor NGO said today that the initial findings of a civil society fact-finding mission on the massacre of 19 individuals in Taboso, Negros Occidental, released on May 15, sets a standard that the ongoing investigation of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) must meet. Labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) […]
Former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs killed an estimated 12,000 to 30,000 drug users and dealers, overwhelmingly from the poorest sections of society. It worsened the culture of impunity for human rights violations in the country. It was even expanded to attack all voices of dissent to the Duterte government, especially those coming from […]
As the International Criminal Court (ICC) denied that it issued an arrest warrant, and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) issued a subpoena, for Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, a labor NGO called on the former drug war chief implementor to surrender and face accountability. At the same time, the Center for Trade Union […]
A labor NGO hailed today a Tacloban City labor court ruling declaring 126 Foodpanda riders as regular employees of the company, and called on the leading online food and grocery delivery platform to implement and nationalize the ruling and respect its workers’ labor rights. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) praised the […]
As an NGO working with Filipino workers and poor communities to claim their labor and human rights, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the release of the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) report on the “National Inquiry on Red-tagging,” which the government agency held in 2025. While we note some of […]
The April 19 massacre of 19 combatants and activists in Negros Occidental has stimulated calls for the resumption of the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), which represents the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed group New People’s Army (NPA) in the talks. Asked […]
Joining workers’ groups in today’s Labor Day protests in Mendiola, a labor NGO said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has not done anything significant for Filipino workers in his almost four years in office, and has called on the chief executive to approve a significant wage hike and address workers’ rights issues. The Center for […]
Helping launch a report on the state of workers’ rights in the country, a labor NGO said today that the situation of workers’ labor and human rights worsened in 2025 to the present, due to actions taken by the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) made […]
A labor rights NGO today condemned the military and the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government for the arrest of a farm workers’ organizer in Negros Occidental just days after a military operation that killed 19 individuals, saying the arrest highlights brutality in the region. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) criticized the arrest […]
A labor rights NGO today raised concerns over the layoff of more than 70 workers by a Chinese food restaurant just days after the successful conclusion of its workers’ strike, saying the move indicates a retaliatory action on the part of the management and a violation of workers’ right to strike. The Center for Trade […]
