Executive Council Statement
2023 George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights to Philippines Labor Movement
… deadliest countries for worker organizers. It has become common in the Philippines for the military and the government to target unions and workers with the use of “red tagging”—the act of falsely labeling activists and organizers as insurgents … over 40 extrajudicial killings of trade unionists and dozens more are continuously harassed and criminalized for their work. Despite changes to the government’s top leadership, the persecution against trade unionists has not stopped. In April 2023, Alex Dolorosa, …