The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights welcomes the Ferdinand Marcos Jr administration’s financial and economic assistance program for labor rights defenders, but emphasizes that this is the bare minimum in upholding workers’ labor and human rights. Yesterday, Labor Day, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) […]
Today, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) joins Filipino workers and the workers of the world in marking International Labor Day by supporting them in demanding the advancement of workers’ labor and human rights. This year is the third Labor Day under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and workers’ rights […]
Today, we in the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), mark the fourth year of the notorious Bloody Sunday joint police-military raids in the Calabarzon region in 2021 that resulted in the killing of nine activists and the arrest of six others. We consider the Bloody Sunday raids a grave human rights violation […]
Today, we mark the seventh anniversary of labor activist and political detainee Maoj Maga’s imprisonment with a protest in front of the Justice Department calling for immediate freedom for him, for all the 25 political prisoners from the labor movement, and all political prisoners in the country. Among the political prisoners from the labor movement, […]
There are currently 18 activists of the country’s labor movement – unionists, labor leaders, labor organizers – who are in prison. Almost all of them share the same story: certain alleged witnesses file trumped-up charges against them. On that basis, courts release warrants for their arrest or for a search of their residences. Upon serving […]
On June 2, 2021, Torres and Dioquino, both organizers of KMU, together with Hilamon and Ramos, local labor organizers, survived the turbulent seas as Typhoon Dante ravaged South Luzon. They found calm waters in a cove near the island of Sibale, Romblon. In observance of pandemic health protocols, they maintained a 200-meter distance from the […]
On 18 September 2019, Rolly Hernando, Joel Guillero, Leon Charito, Buenvinido Ducay, Kenneth Serondo, Carlo Apurado, Reynaldo Saura and Aiza Gamao (members and leaders of NFSW-Teatro Obrero and of the urban organization Kadamay) were arrested in Barangay Jonob-Jonob, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. They were part of the public information team going around various cities in […]
Jose Dahildahil Puansing, is a 63 year-old well-known community leader and chairperson of the Paghili-usa sang mga Obrero sa Brgy. Jonobjonob (POBJ, United Workers of Jonobjonob Village). He was arrested while outside his home on October 7, 2024 at 3:50 in the afternoon in Hacienda. Bonco, Brgy. Jonob-Jonob, Escalante City. He was presented with a […]
On October 15, 2018, long-standing labor activists Silva, Atadero and Lusania, together with two (2) companions, Calderon and Legaspi, were arrested in Pagsawitan, Sta, Cruz, Laguna. Silva was arrested by virtue of an arrest warrant in connection with the Inopacan massacre in Leyte Province, the legitimacy of the evidence for which has been questioned by […]
On June 9, 2020, Gaspar Davao, district coordinator and organizer of the National Federation of Sugar Workers – Food and General Trades (NFSW–FGT) in Northern Negros, was arrested by a joint operation of the Cadiz City Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines at a checkpoint at Barangay Caduhaan, Cadiz City. The authorities stopped […]
