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Retiree’s arrest shows dangers in money rewards for activists’ capture

April 24, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its solidarity with the family and friends of Prudencio “Tatay Pruding” Cebu Calubid Jr as they file for a writ of habeas corpus for the 81-year old retired technician who was wrongly arrested in December 2024 and remains detained because of mistaken identity compounded with […]

Boni Day protest case junking good for right to assembly

February 12, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) welcomes the decision of the Manila Prosecutor’s Office to junk the case filed by Manila policemen against activist leaders, most of whom who are running for the 2025 elections, over the skirmishes during the Bonifacio Day protests last year. The ruling is a win for workers’ […]

CTUHR Monitor | 40th Anniversary Special

October 16, 2024

Negros Jeepney Driver Leaders’ Arrest, Repression of Right to Protest

September 19, 2024

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the arrest of six leaders of jeepney drivers’ organizations and the repression of jeepney drivers at a September 18 protest against jeepney privatization in time for a transport summit in Bacolod City in the island of Negros. The arrest of the transport leaders, the use […]

NTF-ELCAC should be Abolished Now, Marcos Jr Told

August 23, 2024

Amidst congressional deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) calls on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to abolish the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) now and heed the numerous bases and calls for the agency’s abolition. Since its founding, the NTF-ELCAC has […]

#PiliinMoAngManggagawa | Talakayan hinggil sa Kalagayan ng Karapatan sa Paggawa

July 19, 2024

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) Philippines held a forum at the Commission on Human Rights building, July 18, discussing the state of workers’ rights and welfare under the Marcos Jr. administration. Mass organizations hastened their advocacies for better conditions, emphasizing solidarity among Philippine laborers.  Speakers tackled Filipino workers’ worsening status quo […]

Electronics Giant’s Union-busting in Laguna Plant Must Stop

July 17, 2024

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), an NGO that works for the empowerment of workers in the formal and informal sectors of the economy to claim their labor and human rights, expresses its alarm over electronics giant Nexperia’s union-busting drive in its plant in Cabuyao, Laguna. We call on the Nexperia management […]

Terror case vs. NCR labor leaders belies Marcos Jr labor rights adherence – Labor NGO

July 12, 2024

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the Ferdinand Marcos Jr government for the filing of charges based on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 against 28 labor leaders and activists who are based in Metro Manila. The filing of terrorism charges against 28 labor leaders and activists on the basis of an […]

Anti-Terrorism Law being Used vs Labor Activists, Must be Junked – Labor NGO

July 4, 2024

July 3 marked the 4th year of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020. The Rodrigo Duterte and now Ferdinand Marcos Jr governments have consistently weaponized it to attack labor and social activists. The ATA has generally been a minus, rather than a plus, to labor and human rights and must immediately be repealed or junked. […]

Workers’ Rights Watch Newsletter | May 2024

May 20, 2024