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Tozen ALTs Sue For Unpaid Wages
Yesterday, seven Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union ALT branch members sued Japan Advanced Labor Agency head (and JALSS Representative Director) Muhammed Ali Muhammed Mustafa (AKA Max Ali) at Tokyo District Court for a combined amount of 1,943,760 yen in unpaid wages and transportation expenses contractually owed the members while they worked for Muhammed Ali Muhammed…
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95% fear for Japan’s future
According to an Asahi Shimbun survey, about 95 percent of Japanese are worried about Japan’s future, while 62 percent say the nation is being rapidly overtaken by other countries. Asked about their future vision for Japan, 51 percent said they hope to see a society that promotes economic wealth through hard work, while 43 percent…
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RCS ALTs Declared to Management
Today, RCS members of the Tozen ALT Branch historically declared their union membership to RCS management and submitted a list of nine demands along with a call to the company to begin collective bargaining talks with Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union on June 30, 2010 [rescheduled for July 16th, 2010 at company request]. The demands…
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柏のＡＬＴ偽装請負：英語授業７月再開 役割分担明確化 ／千葉
柏市立の小中学校全６１校で英語を教えていた外国人指導助手（ＡＬＴ）について厚生労働省千葉労働局が違法な「偽装請負」と認定した問題で、是正を指導された柏市教委は２８日、英語の授業を７月初旬に再開すると発表した。従来通りの業務委託契約だが、授業で外国人講師と日本人教師の受け持ち時間を区切り、教師からの指示命令をなくすことで違法状態とならないようにするという。
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Groups push for better refugee treatment
Organizations supporting people seeking asylum in Japan urged the government Monday to improve the treatment of refugees at immigration control centers, two of which have seen hunger strikes by detainees this year. The groups, including Amnesty International Japan, say the Justice Ministry’s policies, including mandatory detention of asylum seekers and long periods of detention without…
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７月上旬に授業再開 柏ＡＬＴ是正指導 業務委託、厳密に運用
外国語指導助手（ＡＬＴ）の業務請負契約をめぐり、柏市が千葉労働局から「偽装請負」に当たるとして是正指導を受けた問題で、市は二十八日、業務委託方式によって暫定的に七月上旬から授業を再開すると発表した。
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授業時間を外国人と分離 柏市の指導助手事業再開へ
柏市立小中学校の外国語指導助手（ＡＬＴ）事業が千葉労働局から是正指導を受け、中断している問題で、市教育委員会は２８日、日本人の教員と外国人で担当の授業時間を分ける方法を導入し、７月から業務委託方式で事業を再開すると明らかにした。
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‘Japanese way’ costs $190,000
The boss of a multi-national English language school in Auckland has been awarded $190,000 after an employment tribunal dismissed claims he was used to being treated “the Japanese way”. David Page was stripped of his job as regional director of GEOS New Zealand at a conference in 2008 and demoted to head of the company’s…
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More nonregular workers out of jobs: ministry
A total of 277,674 nonregular workers at 5,252 businesses will have lost or are expected to lose their jobs from October 2008 to this June, a labor ministry survey indicated Friday. The figure, including people whose contracts with manpower agencies were not renewed, is up 2,660 from the previous survey taken in April, the Health,…
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Japan must become ‘immigration powerhouse’
The size of a country’s population is a fundamental element of its government, economy and society. If the population keeps shrinking, it is self-evident that the nation’s strength will wane, the economy will shrink and the survival of society will be threatened. Three elements contribute to demographic changes: births, deaths and migration across national borders.…