The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) criticized the very tight security employed by the police by installing razor sharp wires along Commonwealth Ave. to keep the protesters away from Batasan Complex in time for the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) this afternoon, July 22. “Maybe President Aquino is too insecure […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights strongly condemns the killing of Davao City transport leader Antonio Petalcorin, President of Network of Transport Organization-Davao (NETO-NCTU-APL). This is another blow to the working sector and a clear indication that human rights situation in the country has not improved. According to reports, Antonio Petalcorin, was shot […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights condemned the successive arrests of Pentagon workers and their supporters who are protesting a lock-out exercised by the management of Pentagon Steel Corporation against more than one hundred workers of the said company. On June 24, Camilo Cuares, Deputy Secretary of the Alliance of Nationalist and Genuine […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights condemns the collusion of the Quezon City police and the Pentagon Steel Corporation management to put down the picket of over a hundred workers in Brgy. Apolonio Samson, Kaingin Road, Quezon City. “The extent of support given by the local police to the company is alarming especially […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights mourns with the Bangladeshi people over the death of some 400 garments workers last April 24 in what was dubbed as the “worst disaster in the garments industry history” in Rana Plaza in Savar, Bangladesh. We are deeply saddened by this ill-fate that befell our fellow workers—their […]
On the 127th International Labor Day, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights criticized the Aquino administration’s responses concerns of Filipino workers saying that the administration is “turning a blind eye” to workers issues and demands. CTUHR Executive Director Daisy Arago said, “Recent actions and responses of Malacanang and the Department of Labor [and employment] […]
In reaction to the latest poverty statistics reported by the NSCB which showed that poverty in the country has not changed from 2009 to 2012, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights urged the Aquino administration to resolve joblessness and low wages in order to alleviate poverty. Daisy Arago, CTUHR executive director said, “We […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights condemned the violence employed by members of the Quezon City Police District to stop the protest of some 129 workers of Pentagon Steel Corporation on April 15 in Bgy. Apolonio Samson, Quezon City. “We condemn the violent dispersal of the [workers’] protest done by members of Quezon […]
Another harvester of the Filipinas Palm Oil Plantation Inc. (FPPI) died on March 23 a day after getting electrocuted while harvesting palm fruit bunches in Bgy. Bayugan 2, Agusan del Sur. According to the statement of FPPI Workers’ Union (FPPWU), Cesar Muanag, 42, was harvesting palm fruits between 8 to 9 in the morning of […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights commemorates this March two trade unionists, Rogelio Concepcion and Gerardo “Gerry” Cristobal, both victims of human rights violations of the Arroyo administration, saying their legacy signifies the undying struggle of the workers for justice and trade union rights. “The cases of Cristobal and Concepcion remind us that […]
