A day before International Human Rights Day, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) raises the alarm over the continuing harassment of labor activists in the country, despite President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s executive order. We demand that the government investigate recent cases of harassment, hold those responsible accountable, and protect the right to […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) statement that P500 would suffice for a Filipino family’s noche buena meal. The statement is a justification for low wages and is simply out of touch with reality and unacceptable amidst the soaring prices of food. In late […]
On the seventh anniversary of the the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) reiterates its analysis that the government’s anti-communist agency is a bane to workers’ labor and human rights and to democracy in the country. We dare President Ferdinand Marcos Jr […]
The resignation of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio “Babes” Singson from the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) is not a good sign for the Filipino workers’ and people’s struggle for accountability for corruption in the government’s flood control projects. Singson’s resignation from the ICI, just three months after the body […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for impounding six vehicles that were transporting workers who were on their way to Luneta in time for this year’s Bonifacio Day protest. The seizure of five jeepneys and one L300 van is a form of harassment against the workers […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) unites with the Filipino workers and people who are protesting in Luneta, Edsa and other parts of the country today against government corruption. We are one with the call for accontability and for changes in government that will ward off corruption. Today marks the 162nd birth […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) celebrates the release from prison of a labor leader from the Southern Tagalog region who was arrested in October 2024 based on trumped-up charges. It is calling on the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government to immediately release the other 18 political detainees from the labor movement in […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) stands with the country’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees in demanding that employers who placed their safety at risk during super typhoon Uwan should be held accountable. The Ferdinand Marcos Jr government should punish erring BPO firms to ensure the protection of Filipino workers. We salute […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) mourns the untimely death of Bisher Miñoza, a union leader employed by the Coke factory in Cebu, who was murdered on the night of October 24, 2025. We express our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues in the labor group the Sentro ng mga […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its deep concern over the injunction imposed by the Labor Secretary on the strike of motorcycle company Kawasaki. We demand that the Labor Department compel the company to reinstate the seven (7) unionists whom it retrenched and heed the workers’ demands for higher pay. Last […]
