Philippines: labour rights defenders threatened by the police
Event- Country
- Philippines
- Initial Date
- Apr 25, 2021
- Event Description
On April 25, union officers from manufacturing company Sun Logistics, Inc. were visited by police officers to “urge” them to disaffiliate their union from the labor federation Organized Labor Associations in Line Industries and Agriculture (OLALIA-KMU). According to the police, the unionists will be “arrested like Nedo” should they fail to comply.
Arnedo “Nedo” Lagunias was an officer in Honda Cars and a current officer of Alyansa ng Manggagawa sa Engklabo (AMEN). On March 4, police officers conducted a raid in his home and charged him with illegal possession of firearms and explosives. He is currently detained in Camp Vicente Lim in Calamba.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of association
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- HRD
- Labour rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 14.216429249973247
Longitude: 121.15979136625003
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On April 25, 2021 an undefined number of labour rights defenders from OLALIA-KMU union were threatened with arrest by the police if they did not disaffiliate their union in Calamba, the Philippines.