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Labour Relations Board Hearing for dismissed ALTs in Kanagawa
In February of 2006, the Kanagawa Board of Education informed all of its 89 Assistant Language Teachers that their contracts would not be renewed, and that the Board would instead be signing a contract with Interac to fill their jobs. Some teachers were offered the chance to keep their jobs, albeit with a new employer…
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Immigration reform, political protests mark world May Day
About 300,000 people across Japan took part in various May Day events calling for better working conditions. In Tokyo, 44,000 people gathered in a park before marching through the city center, waving colorful banners to protest what they see as growing social inequalities between the rich and poor. http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/may/02/yehey/world/ 20060502wor1.html
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Foreign Worker Solidarity Day
Yesterday, March 22nd, three unions: NUGW Tokyo Nambu, Kanagawa City Union, and Zentoitsu Workers Union joined forces in an action-packed day of five demonstrations. The day’s actions were in response to unresolved disputes ranging from dismissals, including two dismissals for pregnancy, to union busting and threats of dismissal, to unpaid wages and passport confiscation. The…
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March In March 2006
400 foreigners in a simultaneous demonstration seeking job security and an end to discrimination. http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0305/TKY200603050119.html The Asahi Shimbun reported on the web Sunday evening and in their morning print edition. In fact, many of the Asahi’s “400 foreigners” were Japanese, who joined foreigners in what is the beginning of a civil rights movement in Japan.…
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Kosei Gakuen Girls High School Protest
Many thanks to Nambu members who made it all the way out to Chitosekarasuyama at 7:40am on Christmas Eve to protest the non-renewal of a member at Kosei Gakuen Girls High School. The high school has only one entrance, which made it very easy to hand out leaflets to the students as they arrived. The…
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Begunto Trick-or-Treats with Berlitz in Omiya
Flash Demo at Berlitz Omiya Branch Teachers Disciplined For Trivial Reasons The disrequest system at Berlitz is just one example of threats to job security faced by teachers in the eikaiwa industry. HR representatives claim that a pattern of complaints concerning any particular instructor can lead to discipline, and that six to eight official disrequests…
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Historic Collective Bargaining with Interac
October 28, 2005 Nambu and the Nambu Interac Branch held its first ever collective bargaining with Interac management on Friday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 pm.
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Fighting Unfair Dismissals at IHT/Asahi Shimbun
The IHT/Asahi Shimbun branch president Chie and two other branch members were recently dismissed as part of the newspaper’s continuing campaign against our union and their refusal to respect the basic labour rights of employees and the company’s legal obligations under Trade Union Law. We had an exciting shuro seikyu, a formal written demand to…
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Interac Demo, Round 2
June 25, 2005 Over 15 members showed up Saturday morning for the second Interac demonstration.
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Interac Demo, Round 2
Over 15 members showed up Saturday morning for the second Interac demonstration. We played music (“You can’ get me cuz I’m in the union…”) and spoke for about 30 minutes, passing out our mark II Interac dispute newsletter. We set the bullhorn again on the hillock opposite the company. Hundreds of students (probably on their…