Southern Tagalog labor organizer’s harassment, test for Marcos Jr order

November 4, 2025

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) condemns the series of harassment faced by labor leaders in the Southern Tagalog region over the last few months. It asserted that these cases of harassment serve as a litmus test for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s recent executive order that seeks to defend workers’ freedom of […]

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Harassment vs Batangas sugarcane workers’ organizer must be stopped, probed

November 2, 2025

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. […]

Murdered, disappeared labor activists since Duterte, we remember

October 31, 2025

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 […]

Nestle’s mass layoff plan should be scrutinized, uphold workers’ rights

October 29, 2025

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 […]

Davao labor group’s harassment should be stopped, probed

October 25, 2025

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 […]