While the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is laudable in using its Facebook Page for informing workers and Filipinos about labor laws, it is condemnable for leaving out workers’ rights in its publicity materials. In its July 24, 2025 post, the DOLE quotes Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma in saying that the mininum wage is for […]
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The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) calls on the government to protect workers’ rights to health and safety amidst the effects and continuing threat of the southwest monsoon and typhoons on the country. Apart from its tone of address, the government’s incomplete suspension of work in the previous days highlights its failure […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is calling on Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez to provide support to Filipinos who are being victimized by actions of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amidst the Donald Trump administration’s intensified crackdown on migrants. When he was released from detention […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the National University’s (NU) dismissal from work of a professor who has rendered two and a half years of service as a stark example of contractualization in the country’s private universities. The dismissal of Jose Mario de Vega, who is Associate Professor 1 in the […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the conviction for child abuse of activism legend Satur Ocampo, Rep. Teacher France Castro, eight teachers of a Lumad school and three volunteers, collectively known as “Talaingod 13,” by a Tagum City court this month. The unjust conviction of the 13 activists further exposes […]
