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 […]
Falsely charged labor leaders sought court intervention to drop counts of criminal charges by members of AFP in a preliminary hearing last March 7 in Labo, Camariners Norte Regional Trial Court. In their pleading, abducted and detained Randy Vegas and Raul Camposano, both labor leaders and members Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government […]
Malicious filing of criminal cases (or criminalization) against workers and unionists intensified under Aquino according to labor NGO, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights from an average of 7 cases per year between 2004-2009 to an average of 12 cases per year between 2010 to 2011. CTUHR documentation also showed that the number of […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights is calling for justice for five workers who died in an accident at the power plant of SPC Malaya Power Corporation (SPC Malaya) in Pililia, Rizal on February 3. Center for Trade Union and Human Rights executive director Daisy Arago said, “There should be justice for the […]
Workers and families from Filipinas Palmoil Plantation, Inc. (FPPI), Agusan Plantation, Inc. (API), and AGUMILL located at Rosario and Trento, Agusandel Sur, Caraga Region, Philippines staged a simultaneous strike on Tuesday, November 27, against what they called gross violations of labour standards and mass termination of 252 casual employees at FPPI last October 25 and […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights positively welcomed the ‘desaparecidos’ bill which was approved by Congress last week and urged the Aquino government to sign into law the and enforce it effectively once enacted. “This new legislation is a welcome development. We are urging President Aquino to sign it into law before this […]
