The Leaders Forum, comprised of worker and employer groups, says the CHR needs a higher budget to better cater to labor-related human rights violations
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MANILA, Philippines – Coming together in a joint position, a bipartite body of labor and employer groups called for a higher budget for the Commission on Human Rights to ensure that it is enough to cater to labor-related human rights violations. The Leaders Forum is comprised of three employers’ groups and three labor groups: the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Philippine Exporters Confederation representing employers; and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, Federation of Free Workers, and Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa representing workers.
The alliance made the call in the midst of deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget. The CHR is scheduled to have its first appropriations committee hearing at the House of Representatives on Thursday, August 29.Then in April, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed Executive Order No. 23 creating an Inter-Agency Committee for the Protection of the Freedom of Association and Right to Organize of Workers.
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