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Important Message to All ALC Teachers on a GM Contract.
TO ALL ALC STAFF ON A GM CONTRACT On August 3rd, ALC management announced that it is proposing new contracts to its employees on GM contracts. They have proposed two options. Be aware that this is only a proposal and that management cannot force you to change your contract. You have the right to refuse…
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Tozen organiser interviewed by scientific journal, Nature
In the article ‘I feel disposable’: Thousands of scientists’ jobs at risk in Japan, about universities terminating workers on fixed-term contracts, Tozen organiser Louis Carlet was interviewed and gave an explanation on how universities have responded to the 5/10-year rule. Read the full article here
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Bread & Roses 「同一労働同一賃金」―裁判所はどう判断している？ Japan’s same-work-same-pay law fails to live up to its promise
Many laud Article 8 of the brand new Part-time/Fixed-term Employment Act as Japan finally recognizing the principle of same-work-same-pay. But one word in that article gave me pause: unreasonable. The Part-time/Fixed-term Employment Act (enacted in April 2020 for regular firms and small businesses a year later), prohibits unreasonable treatment of employees on regular and irregular/contingent…
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May 27, 2022, Interac Protest
In May 2021, Tozen Union entered into a labor dispute with Interac. Interac has failed to make progress on workplace safety and improved wages. They refuse to provide our union with basic financial information justifying their refusals. They then retaliated against Tozen by firing our member last month. Our campaign to improve working conditions at…
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東ゼン大学 – 契約形態でやられちゃった。Tozen Daigaku – Work contracts, and how companies screw you.
Tozen’s Louis Carlet delves into different types of Labour contracts, and discusses their pros and cons. 講師: ルイス・カーレットとオレン・フランクハム Presented by Louis Carlet and Orren Frankham
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反戦メーデーデモ Anti-war May Day demo
東ゼン労組の組合員は東部労組の反戦メーデーデモに参加しました。 Tozen members attended Tobu Rosou’s Anti-War May Day demonstration.
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Apple Japan労組の2022年要求
最近、世界中のアップルリテールスタッフは労働者の団結権を行使しています。2014年から日本でアップルジャパンの社員は全国一般東京ゼネラルユニオン(東ゼン労組)の支部を結成しました。労働者は経営者と団体交渉しています。組合に加盟して、組合員の仲間と一緒に経営側と交渉することによってアップルジャパンの職場をより良くしましょう。 アップルジャパンの従業員が結成された組合の正式名は： The official name of the union established by Apple retail workers is: 全国一般東京ゼネラルユニオンアップルジャパン支部 Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union Apple Japan Local 組合の通称は: Our nickname is: アップルジャパンホームインポルーブメントチーム（家の修繕チーム） Apple Japan’s Home Improvement Team 支部は東ゼン労組に所属しています。 Our local is part of Tozen Union. 正式に東ゼン労組は、連合東京に加盟しています。 Tozen Union is officially a part of Rengo Tokyo. なお、AppleTogetherという世界の連帯組合組織にも加盟しています。 ご興味のあるスタッフ（AHAも修理デポも含み）を募集しております。詳しくは apple@tozenunion.org に気軽にご連絡下さい。…
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Bread & Roses: Do sex workers really have a choice?
On March 30, 2022, NHK Web News ran a story on how women driven to financial hardship due to the corona pandemic are increasingly turning to sex work. (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20220330/k10013558231000.html) The report notes that sex workers’ “growing presence in busy urban neighborhoods has spurred police to take enforcement action but also to assign case officers to…
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Bread & Roses: Tragedy and Prison for a Pregnant Foreign Intern
In August 2018 at the age of 19, Le Thi Thuy Linh arrived in Japan to work as a jisshusei intern. Each day, she handled agricultural wastewater at a tangerine orchard in Kumamoto Prefecture. Japan’s rapidly ageing population has created a dearth of agricultural workers, forcing farmers to turn to young foreign interns like Linh…
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NHK interview ALT and report on the fiscal year appointee system
NHK recently interviewed a Tokyo Board of Education Assistant Langauge Teacher (ALT), and reported on the fiscal year appointee system https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20220224/k10013495441000.html