On 29 September 2023, trade unionist from the Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement (KMU)), Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, was shot dead during a police raid carried out upon the house where he was staying in Binangonan, Rinzal Province, Philippines. Fernandez was mobilizing his community in a campaign to raise wages and end government corruption and human rights violations.

Since 2016, 72 trade unionists have been killed in the Philippines, including four since January 2023, including Susano Labora and Alex Dolorosa. Union organisers Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dayoha were forcefully disappeared in January 2023.