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Tozen Union’s Constitutional Challenge to anti-union Fiscal-Year Appointees Law Moves to Verdict
会計年度任用職員制度に対する東ゼン労組の違憲訴訟、判決へ On Thursday, October 23, 2025, Tokyo District Court conducted the final hearing in Tozen Union’s case to restore the trade union rights of direct hire ALTs. Our case moves to verdict, which will be announced on Thursday January 29, 2026 at 13:30. 2025年10月23日（木）、東京地裁において、直接雇用ALT（外国語指導助手）の労働基本権回復を求める東ゼン労組の訴訟の最終弁論が行われた。判決は2026年1月29日（木）午後1時半に言い渡される。
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Victoire au tribunal contre LFIT
Chers et Chères Membres, J’espère que tout le monde profite de ce temps chaud. Pour ajouter au beau temps, nous avons remporté une nouvelle victoire aujourd’hui contre la direction du LFIT, cette fois au tribunal de district de Tokyo. La plupart de nos demandes ont été acceptées à 100% par le tribunal, qui a…
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Commission Orders Lycée Français to negotiate with Tozen
February 26, the Tokyo Labor Commission ordered Lycée Français International de Tokyo to stop refusing to negotiate with Tozen Union and its local Union des Personnels du Lycée Français international de Tokyo(UPL). The school had refused to discuss any demand that had been previously discussed and any demand that it said should only be discussed…
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Gaba to fine teachers when ill
As seen on Reddit: Gaba recently announced new penalties on teachers who cancel lessons (tell Gaba they cannot work), even if the teacher is seriously ill or injured. Fines increase with shorter notice and can be up to 6,500 yen PER LESSON, on top of not gettting paid for the work.For inquiries please contact Tozen…
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Tozen JCFL Local Scores Final Victory in Labor Commission
On August 9th 2019, Tokyo High Court ruled that Japan College of Foreign Languages interfered with union leafleting in June and October of 2013, violating trade union law and the constitutional rights of Tozen Union members. Read More
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Tozen Union is featured in labornetjp.org
広がる国際連帯！〜小さな島国の大労組から大きな島国の小労組への招待状 アイスランドの労働組合「エフリング」から東ゼン労組が正式に招かれる Read all about it! An article in http://www.labornetjp.org features Tozen Union, detailing how our comrades in the Iceland Efling union recently invited us to their country.
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Tozen Welcomes Begunto
Tozen Union would like to welcome Berlitz General Union Tokyo (Begunto), who recently voted to join us. Begunto has a long, illustrious history as a fighting union going back a quarter century. It is an honor to count them now among our ranks. If you work for Berlitz and have any questions at…
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Japan Times Editors’ Open Letter
On Nov. 30, 2018, the Executive Editorial Committee at The Japan Times published an Editor’s Note announcing changes in the way the newspaper would describe both the so-called comfort women and wartime forced laborers recruited before and during World War II to work for Japanese companies.Tozen Union and its Japan Times General Workers Union chapter…
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Teachers claim dismissals were invalid in suit against Shane English School
Two British language teachers who worked for Shane English School Japan filed suit Thursday against the school’s operator Shane Corporation Ltd., claiming that their dismissals were unfair and invalid. Chris Beardshall, 46, and Adam Cleeve, 44, demanded that Shane pay their monthly salaries until the day of the case’s final judgment. The two were hired…
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Tozen Union Wins Precedent-Setting Negotiating Language Case Against Tokyo Gakugei University
The Tokyo Labor Relations Board on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Gakugei University to “engage in collective bargaining without insisting it be conducted in Japanese or that (the union) bring an interpreter.” In the first case of its kind, Tozen Union and the TGUISS Teachers Union had sued the school for making negotiations in Japanese a condition…