Releases

Human Rights Day: Political prisoners should be released now

December 10, 2025

Today, International Human Rights Day, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) reiterates our urgent call to the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government: free all political prisoners from the labor movement and all political prisoners in the country. Releasing the 18 labor activists is a major step forward for workers’ rights and for undoing […]

Despite Marcos Jr rights order, harassment vs labor activists continue

December 9, 2025

A day before International Human Rights Day, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) raises the alarm over the continuing harassment of labor activists in the country, despite President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s executive order. We demand that the government investigate recent cases of harassment, hold those responsible accountable, and protect the right to […]

P500 noche buena claim: DTI’s cost of living computations should be overhauled

December 6, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) statement that P500 would suffice for a Filipino family’s noche buena meal. The statement is a justification for low wages and is simply out of touch with reality and unacceptable amidst the soaring prices of food. In late […]

NTF-ELCAC, bane to democracy, must be abolished

December 4, 2025

On the seventh anniversary of the the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) reiterates its analysis that the government’s anti-communist agency is a bane to workers’ labor and human rights and to democracy in the country. We dare President Ferdinand Marcos Jr […]

ICI commissioner resignation not a good sign for accountability

December 3, 2025

The resignation of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio “Babes” Singson from the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) is not a good sign for the Filipino workers’ and people’s struggle for accountability for corruption in the government’s flood control projects. Singson’s resignation from the ICI, just three months after the body […]

Luneta protest: impounding of jeepneys, van, harassment

December 2, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for impounding six vehicles that were transporting workers who were on their way to Luneta in time for this year’s Bonifacio Day protest. The seizure of five jeepneys and one L300 van is a form of harassment against the workers […]

Bonifacio Day protests: workers demand accountability, change

November 30, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) unites with the Filipino workers and people who are protesting in Luneta, Edsa and other parts of the country today against government corruption. We are one with the call for accontability and for changes in government that will ward off corruption. Today marks the 162nd birth […]

Southern Tagalog labor leader’s prison release: other pol detainees should follow

November 20, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) celebrates the release from prison of a labor leader from the Southern Tagalog region who was arrested in October 2024 based on trumped-up charges. It is calling on the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government to immediately release the other 18 political detainees from the labor movement in […]

BPO firms’ safety violations during Uwan should be punished

November 15, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) stands with the country’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees in demanding that employers who placed their safety at risk during super typhoon Uwan should be held accountable. The Ferdinand Marcos Jr government should punish erring BPO firms to ensure the protection of Filipino workers. We salute […]

Cebu union leader’s murder raises workplace safety concerns

November 14, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) mourns the untimely death of Bisher Miñoza, a union leader employed by the Coke factory in Cebu, who was murdered on the night of October 24, 2025. We express our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues in the labor group the Sentro ng mga […]