Today, March 28, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), an NGO devoted to empowering workers in the informal and formal sectors to claim their labor and human rights, remember the murder of Southern Tagalog electronics unionist and labor leader Dandy Miguel. It was three years ago, still in the middle of the […]
Today, March 7, marks the third year since the Bloody Sunday massacre and illegal arrests in the Southern Tagalog region. We remember the nine activists killed by simultaneous police and military raids: labor leader Manny Asuncion; fisherfolk leaders Ariel and Chai Evangelista; urban poor activists Melvin Dasigao, Mark Lee Bacasno; and indigenous activists Abner and […]
Like the Filipino workers and people, we find the “drug word war” between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and former President Rodrigo Duterte very amusing. We are reminded of the phrase “bread and circus,” except that, so far, there has been circus but no bread. The Filipino workers and people still need to find out how […]
As the International Labor Organization – High Level Tripartite Mission approaches, we reiterate our calls for justice and accountability for the 56 extrajudicial killings among agricultural workers, trade unionists and labor rights defenders under the Duterte administration. Injustice prevails as no perpetrator has been held to account with these brutal attacks. Workers and unionists continue […]
Together with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER), we conducted a forum on Labor Issues, Prospects under the Marcos Jr. Administration on July 21, 2022 at the CHR Pardec Rooms A&B, a few days before the 1st State of the Nation Address (SONA) of BBM. […]
Labor unions and labor rights advocates echoed their demands to the Marcos, Jr. administration as they gathered in the forum-consultation titled “Labor Issues, Challenges and Prospects under Marcos Jr. Administration” held last July 21. The event, co-organized by labor advocacy groups EILER and CTUHR as well as the Commission on Human Rights, started off through […]
As the Duterte administration ends its term and the Marcos Jr. administration begins, workers all over the country vow to never forget the atrocities of two of the worst regimes in Philippine history. “Almost two months have passed since the disheartening results of the elections. We are moving forward but we will never stop looking […]
On June 14, 2022, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) formally filed a complaint at the Commission on Human Rights, a week after it publicly denounced the malicious statements made by elements of the NTF-ELCAC against their institution. In its complaint, CTUHR narrated that they received a report that they have been […]
(CTUHR’s article included in Karapatan’s 2021 Year-End Human Rights Report) Under Duterte’s war against dissent, red-tagging of activists and critics was at its worst. The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) became its main instrument in its red-tagging spree against various progressive groups and individuals who criticize Duterte’s policies and programs. […]
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) manifests our support for Makabayan Bloc’s House Resolution 2210 and 2309 or the Measures Seeking to Investigate the Reported Illegal Implementation of “No Vaccine, No Pay” Policies. Indeed, there is no question that vaccination provides both a scientific and humanitarian-based approach in addressing a pandemic health […]
