“In its 3rdLabor Day, the Duterte regime continue to fail on its election promises to end ENDO, provide substantial wage increase and halt the skyrocketing prices. Yet, it never have second thoughts on busting unions and blaming workers’ restlessness for factory closures. It astutely used Mindanao Martial Law to militarize workplaces, forced unionists to surrender and […]
W“We cannot focus on our work and the blower in the factory is not enough to ventilate the production plant,”said Blas, a factory worker. “We can’t work any longer now reducing our income due to heat,” Regie, a pedicab driver butts in. “Our family members contract several illnesses, cough, asthma and several skin diseases due to […]
The Labor rights NGO, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) appealed to Ms. Susan Roces, through an open letter, to support the workers of Peerless Producers Manufacturing Corporation (PEPMACO). This is the company that manufactures the detergent brand Champion, which Roces endorses. The Center believes that Ms. Susan Roces, who portrays the character […]
Dear Lola Flora/Bb. Susan Roces, Pagbati po ng isang mapagpalang araw! Marami po sa amin ang inyong masugid na tagasubaybay at lubos ang aming paghanga sa inyo lalo na inyong papel bilang si Lola Flora sa palabas na “Ang Probinsyano” – puno ng malasakit sa kapwa at marubdob ang hangaring makamit ang katarungan para sa […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) denounces the illegal arrest and calls for the immediate release of Eugene Garcia, Union President of Pioneer Float Glass Manufacturing Inc. (formerly Asahi Flat Glass Corporation). On March 19, Garcia who just came home from a hearing at the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB), was […]
“Anong karapatan niyang sabihin iyon tungkol sa amin. Wala siyang alam sa pang-araw-araw naming paghihirap. Subukan nga niyang gawin ang trabaho naming, kahit isang linggo lang!”says Jimmy, when asked of his reaction to Special Envoy to China Mon Tulfo’s remarks that Filipino construction workers are ‘lazy slowpokes.’ (“What right does he have to say that […]
Union President Arrested and Falsely Charged with Illegal Possession of Firearms Earlier today, the Union President of Chinese-owned Pioneer Float Glass Manufacturing Inc. (formerly Asahi Flat Glass Corporation), Eugene Garcia, was served a search warrant in his home in Pasig City. According to the police, they saw a 45-calibre firearm inside Garcia’s house, but Garcia […]
“When a new law is passed and government promises that it will improve our lives, the people, especially the poor, get scared and angry. It is the same feeling when President Duterte signed the Rice Tariffication Law last February 15 because the same argument or promises were used when TRAIN law was passed on December […]
Elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 71stInfantry Batallion-Philippine Army nabbed three (3) union leaders of Musahamat Workers Labor Union (MWLU II-NAFLU-KMU) yesterday, February 27 in Pantukan, Compostela Valley for their affiliation with Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU). KMU is tagged by the government as communist front, which the latter denied. Reports from KMU-Southern […]
MOn January 31, 2019, more than 200 workers, Church people and students gathered at the Iglesia Filipina Independiente National Cathedral to tackle the situation of workers’ and human rights in the country. The activity is hosted and organized by the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) in partnership with the IFI Workers Assistance […]
