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MANILA, Philippines — On Sunday, the Labor Department told the International Labour Organization (ILO) that cases had been filed and investigations into claimed violations of trade union rights are underway.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) responded to an ILO report on “new grave allegations of violence and intimidation” against workers by saying there are functional administrative mechanisms and legal remedies in place to monitor and address cases of violations of labor and trade union rights.

“The DOLE’s national and regional tripartite monitoring bodies respond to reports or allegations of violations of employees’ rights” (RTMBs). Through the active participation of workers and employers’ representatives in case monitoring, they help ensure a full and prompt investigation and resolution of the alleged acts of killings, harassment, and abduction of trade union leaders and members,” DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a statement on Sunday.

According to him, at least 60 cases of alleged extrajudicial executions and attempted murder are being closely monitored under the current administration.

“Of this amount, 20 are pending in courts, and the remainder are being investigated as normal criminal cases,” he continued.

Bello urged trade unions and workers to report violations of workers’ rights to the RTMBs, which, despite having no investigative powers, help ensure that reported acts of murder, harassment, and abduction of trade union leaders and members are resolved completely and quickly.

The DOLE chief also urged trade union leaders and workers to file criminal complaints against those who red-tag them, claiming that it is punishable under the Revised Penal Code and other laws that criminalize acts of persecution committed against an identifiable group on political grounds, as well as the Writ of Habeas Corpus (cases of illegal confinement or detention), Writ of Amparo (remedy available to any person whose right to life, liberty, and security is violated or threatened), and other laws (right to privacy in life, liberty or security).

Workers’ constitutional rights and civil liberties, according to Bello, are protected by legal and institutional procedures.

He referenced a recent case in which the Regional Trial Court in Baguio City granted a Writ of Amparo petition and issued an order preventing the police from making social media posts and hanging up tarpaulins labeling four student activists as communist-terrorists.

“Trade union leaders and members may rest certain that their constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and welfare would be promoted and protected by the government,” Bello added.

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