The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the Christmastime extra-judicial killing of an organizer of sugar workers in Negros. The murder is part of the government’s attacks on progressive grassroots organizations in the island and on labor organizing in the country. We demand that the national government probes the murder and […]
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The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the issuance of an arrest warrant against, and arrest of, Cordillera labor leader Mike Cabangon. This Christmastime arrest based on trumped-up charges is yet another attack on Filipino workers’ right to freedom of association. Mike Cabangon, coordinator and spokesperson of the regional chapter of […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins Church organizations in condemning the P8.1 billion budget allocated for the government’s anti-insurgency task force for 2026. The fund will be spent the way the agency’s budget has been spent in previous years – for human rights violations and corruption. On Wednesday, Caritas Philippines and […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expresses its solidarity with the Ateneo Employee and Workers Union (AEWU) in opposing the Ateneo de Manila University administration’s retaliatory attacks and in seeking to exercise the right to strike. We condemn the Labor Secretary for assuming jurisdiction over the labor dispute in the university last […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) hails the resolution filed by the Makabayan Bloc in Congress pushing to investigate the cases of harassment faced by labor activists this year. We call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to support the investigation, as it is a needed addition to his push for legislation favoring […]
