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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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Interac banned from Osaka prefectural projects
Cross posted from the General Union. Let’s all work together for ALTs to be directly hired. ———————————————– Interac has been found guilty of unfair labour practices by the Osaka Prefectural Labour Commission in July 2010 for refusing to hold collective bargaining with the General Union (full story here). Osaka prefectural ordinances prevent companies found in…
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Interac and Tokai Board of Education found guilty of illegal dispatch
Cross-posted from the General Union After more than six months of union action, Interac and Tokai Board of Education have been found guilty of illegal dispatch by the Aichi Prefectural Labor Board. Watch this space – full story in the coming weeks.
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Liberation In Iwate
In 2007, I recieved an email from an Interac employee that was interested in being directly hired by his BOE. He had tried in earnest to improve his working conditions through Interac, but they were uninterested in signing him up for Shakai Hoken, unemployment insurance, giving him a raise, etcetera. At the time I was…