Center for Trade Union and Human Rights

Founded in 1984, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights is a non-governmental organisation based in Quezon City, Philippines working on human rights, employment & skills, democracy & civil society.

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is a labor rights NGO in the Philippines, founded in 1984 during the Marcos dictatorship by religious people, labor rights advocates and trade unionists. It works with Filipino workers, workers' unions and organisations, and poor communities to claim their labor and human rights. It supports workers at workplace, regional, industry and national levels, including efforts to form unions, and campaigns on workers' struggles, neoliberal labor conditions, and state repression. Its services include educational, paralegal, campaign and advocacy work, and assistance to workers, their dependents and families, and victims of labor and human rights violations. It also engages international workers' advocates on the Filipino workers' struggle.