Again, an activism has killed on September 29th 2023 during a police raid carried out upon the house where he was staying in Binangonan, Rinzal Province. This became the 72th trade unionists have been killed in the Philippines, including four since January 2023, when a high-level fact-finding mission into the levels of violence trade unionists in the country face was launched by the ILO
Its Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, 67 years old that was shoot deadly by Philippines police that claims that he resisted arrest have been categorically dismissed by the KMU.
Due to Elmer Labog, the president of KMU, Jude has been a union organizer since Martial law. With his age & health he opted to just stay in his community to help organize people to support the wafe campaign. The police said they were somewhat looking for a man named Oscar to serve a search warrant. It was June Fernandez they gunned down mercilessly and arbitrarily and not the guy Oscar.
ITUC Acting General Secretary Luc Triangle said “We deplore this latest killing of a trade unionist in one of the world’s worst countries for anti-union violence, where there is no guarantee of rights for working people. Our thoughts are with those close to him and his union colleagues.
“We call for a full and independent investigation, and that those responsible for his killing face the consequences of their actions. The fact that someone‘s life has been taken, just because they were organising for the rights of working people, is repugnant.”
