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Labor Board Rules Against Shane on Two Counts, Rejects Union’s Other Claims
Wednesday, October 2nd, the Tokyo Labor Commission ruled that language school Shane Corp. committed unfair labor practices in issuing a warning letter to the president of Tozen Union’s Shane Workers Union and in reducing the class load of another member. The commission also ordered the school to issue an official apology to the union. An…
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東ゼン労組JCFL支部、労働委員会事件にて最後の勝利を勝ち取る
2013年の6月と8月に行われた組合によるビラ配りを妨害したとして、東京高等裁判所は2019年8月9日、日本外国語専門学校に対し、労働組合法及び、東ゼン労組の組合員たちの憲法上の権利を侵害したと判決を下した。 東ゼン労組JCFL支部は、2013年に結成され、結成当初から敵意に満ちた応対と向き合ってきた。経営側は、2つの組合のビラ配りを妨害した。組合はJCFLに対し東京都労働委員会へ申し立てた。 詳細はこちらをご覧ください。
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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 Opposes Police Repression of Kansai Namakon Union
Police from four prefectures are cracking down on unionized drivers of concrete mixer trucks. They have arrested 85 members of Kansai Namakon Union, indicting 50 of them. Ten remain in jail, including the executive president and vice president who have been locked up for nearly a year despite not even being present where the alleged…
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Tozen Shane Workers’ Union signs Labour Management Agreement with Shane Corp.
Welcoming in the Reiwa era and the new President of Shane, Ishitani Yuya, Shane Workers’ Union are pleased to sign a Labour Management Agreement in what is hoped to be a new phase of improved relations between the Union and the Company. The agreement guarantees the working conditions of union members and agrees to use…
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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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Iceland Article in Rengo Tsushin
The recent Tozen trip to Iceland was recently featured in Rengo Tsushin.
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Hifumi Okunuki travels to Iceland to show solidarity.
Tozen President, Hifumi Okunuki and Chief Financial Officer, Louis Carlet travelled to Iceland in March to show solidarity with Efling trade union. Interviewed by Iceland’s Channel 2 news, the article from Visir, the Icelandic newspaper says – Hifumi Okunuki, president of the Japanese trade union, Tozen, traveled from Tokyo to show solidarity to those who…
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Flugu níu þúsund kílómetra til að sýna Eflingu samstöðu
Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason skrifar 8. mars 2019 11:32 Hifumi Okunuki, forseti japanska verkalýðsfélagsins Tozen, ferðaðist frá Tókýó til að sýna þeim sem fara í verkfall á Íslandi samstöðu. Hún segir innflytjendur í Japan glíma við sambærileg vandamál og á Íslandi. „Þetta er magnað og fjölmennt verkfall hér á Íslandi. Okkur fannst mikilvægt að verða vitni…
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Tozen Chalks Op Another Win Against JCFL
Yet another win for Tozen, get ready for our next victory. Tokyo District Court on Thursday ruled against JCFL (Bunsai Gakuen) and in favor of Tozen Union members teaching there. The verdict upheld earlier decisions saying the JCFL illegally obstructed union leafleting in front of the school. The court dismissed the school’s claims that the action…