The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns state agents’ repeated harassment of an organizer of sugarcane workers and farmers in Batangas. We demand that state agents immediately stop the harassment and that concerned government agencies immediately investigate these cases. On October 30, men claiming to be military personnel led by one Sgt. […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) unites with the Filipino workers and people in marking this year’s All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day by remembering the labor activists who were murdered and disappeared since the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte and by continuing to call for justice for them. This November 1 […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its concern over Swiss multinational Nestle’s announcement last October 16 of carrying out mass layoffs over the next two years. The plan of the world’s biggest food and beverage company to remove 16,000 jobs worldwide in a restructuring process aimed at saving costs and increasing […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the surveillance and intimidation that were experienced by national labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s (KMU, May First Movement) Davao office. We are calling on the government to investigate the latest and previous incidents of surveillance and intimidation against KMU-Southern Mindanao Region. CCTV footage shows that […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the court ruling junking the illegal assembly case filed against six leaders of jeepney drivers’ organizations in Bacolod City in Negros Occidental in relation to a protest held on September 18, 2024. It will be recalled that jeepney drivers held a protest against the government’s […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the murder of Niruh Kyle Antatico on October 11 in Cagayan de Oro. Together with the Filipino workers and people, we highly suspect that he was killed because of his exposes of corruption cases in his former employer, the National Irrigation Authority (NIA). Antatico’s […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) denounces the Marcos Jr government for the various cases of harassment experienced by a recently-concluded international mission composed of social movement activists. It said these cases confirm the human rights violations suffered by rural communities in the country. The international mission, which was conducted from October […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins the BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN) in raising the alarm on a proposed legislation in the US and the development of AI that threaten the jobs of call center workers in the country. It calls on the Philippine government to prepare to create more jobs […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the statement of the association of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firms in the country as regards the actions taken by the Labor Department in response to complaints about workplace safety submitted by BPO employees in connection with the strong earthquake that rocked Cebu on September […]
Today, Filipino workers mark World Day for Decent Work amidst corruption scandals in government and continuing serious violations of workers’ labor and human rights. We join the Filipino workers and people in protesting widespread corruption in government and in fighting for workers’ rights. Corruption hinders the government from protecting workers’ rights. It takes away funds […]
