Bloody Sunday Calabarzon raids’ 5th year marked with DOJ protest

March 6, 2026

Joining a protest to mark the fifth anniversary of the deadly Bloody Sunday joint police-military raids in Southern Tagalog, labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) decried the continuing denial of justice to the victims and their families and called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to hold to account the police and […]

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Grab’s high-interest loans to workers predatory – Labor NGO

March 4, 2026

Predatory and should be lowered. This was labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights’ (CTUHR) response to a feature article published in weekly newsmagazine Nikkei Asia about the high interest of loans being made available by Grab Philippines to its workers. According to a March 3, 2026 article titled “Grab charges Philippine bike […]

Edsa is people power vs executive abuse of power, still relevant

February 25, 2026

Today, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins the Filipino workers and people in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Edsa “People Power” uprising. With the significant participation of Filipino workers, Edsa successfully toppled the US-backed one-man Marcos dictatorship and reinstalled elite democracy. Acting on Edsa’s pressure, the post-dictatorship regime enshrined robust […]

Marcos Jr, DOJ told: free detained labor activists

February 23, 2026

Marking the eighth year in detention of one of the first labor activists imprisoned by the Rodrigo Duterte administration, labor groups held a picket today in front of the Justice Department office in Padre Faura, Manila, to call for the junking of trumped-up charges against 18 labor activists and for their immediate freedom. Together with […]

Rizal landfill collapse needs urgent govt action – Labor NGO

February 23, 2026

As another sanitary landfill collapses, labor NGO Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) called on the Rizal provincial government and the national government to take immediate action to inform the public of the tragedy, rescue those who were trapped, and provide assistance to those injured. The Rizal Provincial Sanitary Landfill (RPSL), located in […]