Hailing the Tacloban Regional Trial Court’s dismissal of terrorism financing charges against an NGO leader as a victory for civil society, labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said that the decision is yet another proof of the military’s harassment of NGOs in the country. In a ruling dated February 27, 2026, […]
Predatory and should be lowered. This was labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights’ (CTUHR) response to a feature article published in weekly newsmagazine Nikkei Asia about the high interest of loans being made available by Grab Philippines to its workers. According to a March 3, 2026 article titled “Grab charges Philippine bike […]
Today, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins the Filipino workers and people in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Edsa “People Power” uprising. With the significant participation of Filipino workers, Edsa successfully toppled the US-backed one-man Marcos dictatorship and reinstalled elite democracy. Acting on Edsa’s pressure, the post-dictatorship regime enshrined robust […]
Marking the eighth year in detention of one of the first labor activists imprisoned by the Rodrigo Duterte administration, labor groups held a picket today in front of the Justice Department office in Padre Faura, Manila, to call for the junking of trumped-up charges against 18 labor activists and for their immediate freedom. Together with […]
As another sanitary landfill collapses, labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) called on the Rizal provincial government and the national government to take immediate action to inform the public of the tragedy, rescue those who were trapped, and provide assistance to those injured. The Rizal Provincial Sanitary Landfill (RPSL), located in […]
To mark the eighth year in prison of the longest-detained political prisoner from the labor movement and call for the immediate freedom of political detainees from the sector, labor groups held an art exhibit and solidarity concert in the Commission of Human Rights compound in Quezon City today. The exhibit and concert titled “Paglaban and […]
Beyond the fake narratives that the posters are peddling, it is clear that the military and the government are behind their creation and posting. This is still classic red-tagging that violates labor and social movement activists’ many human rights. This case gives the lie to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s much-ballyhooed executive order against red-tagging. The […]
There’s no right to freedom of speech and related rights under a law that was created by the dictator Ferdinand Marcos precisely to violate these rights. The Public Assembly Act of 1985 or Batas Pambansa 880 only legalizes the harassment of protestors and the silencing of dissent. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the recent harassment of a retired labor organizer in the Davao region by military agents. The harassment of Eduardo Capuyan, together with the threat and intimidation of other labor organizers in Davao, cry out for investigation from the national government. On February 10, two […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) gives the proposed legislation imposing a “no work, no pay” scheme on the country’s legislators a critical and cautious support. While it is a step in the right direction, the bill, if it becomes a law, is a mere drop in the bucket of what the […]
