Two labor rights groups have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to declare unconstitutional several provisions in the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 that allegedly “worsen the struggles of workers in pushing for their rights and demands.” The
Two labor rights groups have asked the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional several provisions in the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 that allegedly “worsen the struggles of workers in pushing for their rights and demands.”
A copy of the petition was not available but the labor rights groups posted the filing of their case in their Facebook account. The post shows their petition was docketed as Government Records No. 252623. The CTUHR was represented in the petition by Daisy Arago, while PLACE was represented by lawyer Noel V. Neri, Armando Teodoro Jr., Violeta Espiritu, and Virginia Flores.
The first six cases against ATL under Republic Act No. 11479 were filed by the group of lawyer Howard Calleja and former education secretary Armin Luistro, Rep. Edcel C. Lagman, the group of Law Dean Mel Sta. Maria and several professors of the Far Eastern University , the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives led by Bayan Muna Party-List Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate, former head of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel Rudolph Philip B.
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