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NATIONAL TRADE UNION CENTER (NTUC Phl) NTUC Phl, now with 20 national unions and federations, with declared 300,000 members, was founded in Quezon City on 18 August 2018. [DOLE Registration No. 11933 (TUC)-LC] 40% of NTUC Phl members are women; 60% men. 30% of members are young. (2023) NTUC Phl operates in all regions of…

14 February 2024 – Pinag-isang Organisasyon ng mga Tagapangalaga ng Liham (POSTAL) became the 21st NTUC Phl affiliate, with the Center approving its affiliation in Oct 2023. In 14 Feb 2024, POSTAL and the Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost)  signed their collective negotiation agreement (CNA). POSTAL is the only accredited union with a bargaining agreement in Philpost

23 Nov 2019 – NTUC Phl adds another 4,000 members with the affiliation of HEAL Phil (Health Employees and Advocates of Labor in the Philippines). HEAL Phil has 12 local unions in health services, construction and health-related manufacturing in NCR, Region 3 (Central Luzon), Region 4A (Calabarzon). This brings to three the center’s new affiliated…

NATIONAL TRADE UNION CENTER (NTUC Phl)

NTUC Phl) is the succeeding organization of the 2015 Supreme Court-decided TUCP under then President Ernesto Herrera.

The group of 18 national unions and federations, with declared 300,000 members, conducted its founding Convention in Quezon City on 18 August 2018.

NTUC Phl is the same dynamic organization which labored to take in new national unions and federations after then President Democrito Mendoza resigned, and was Constitutionally-succeeded by then General Secretary Ernesto Herrera in 2012.

11 August 2019 – TUPAS (Trade Unions of the Philippines and Allied Social Services) is NTUC Phl’s newest affiliate. TUPAS has 13,000 members in local unions in garments, electronics, plastics, food, and retail. It expands the center’s presence in NCR, Region 3 (Central Luzon), Region 4A (Calabarzon), Tacloban, Cebu, and GenSan.

25 May 2019 – NTUC Phl welcomes its new affiliate Kilusan ng Manggagawang Makabayan (KMM). KMM has affiliates in livestock, construction, garments, plastics, gaming, among other industries,in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Southern Luzon.

TUCP 20/20: Excellent grasp of current national condition and clear vision for the future. Twenty programs for the next twenty years culminating on the golden anniversary of the organization. The TUCP The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), with 1.2 million members, is the biggest confederation of labor federations in the Philippines. It was…