GMA employees’ win shows contractualization’s harms

January 25, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) celebrates the Talent Association of GMA’s (TAG) victory in getting the Supreme Court to rule that the talents of GMA are the broadcast giant’s employees. The GMA employees’ victory further exposes contractualization’s violation of labor rights. After 11 years of legal battles, the Third Division of […]

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BPO workers’ Senate testimony exposes union rights violations

January 24, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) raises the alarm over the union rights violations exposed by Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees in the January 21 hearing of the Senate labor committee headed by Senator Raffy Tulfo. We demand that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and the Labor Department investigate the violations and protect […]

Journo’s conviction continues govt persecution

January 22, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the guilty verdict handed down today by the Tacloban Regional Trial Court (RTC) on journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and humanitarian worker Marielle Domequil for terrorism financing charges. The guilty verdict extends the government persecution of Frenchie Mae and Marielle. The pattern is very clear: […]

CA ruling on disappeared activist faults Marcos Jr govt

January 16, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) hails the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling that James Jazmines, an activist who has been missing since August 2024, is a victim of enforced disappearance and that grants his wife the writs of amparo and habeas data. This decision lays the blame for Jazmines’ disappearance on […]

CEU faculty and staff have right to strike, injunction a violation

January 14, 2026

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) extends its solidarity with the faculty and employees of the Centro Escolar University (CEU) who want to go on strike to fight for better wages and benefits. We condemn Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma’s injunction order against the CEU faculty and employees’ strike, which is a violation […]