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Tozen Report: All Day Dispute Action Against GABA
Last Friday, Tozen GABA Workers Union took its first all day action against GABA’s threat to fire Tozen GABA Workers Union President Tyler Christensen. We began at 6AM to leaflet GABA Shinagawa Learning Studio. We moved on to Gaba corporate HQ at 9AM. There as we handed out leaflets, GABA representative Satomi Odaka emerged from the building. The union…
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Teachers tread water in eikaiwa limbo
BY CRAIG CURRIE-ROBSON Jan 22nd, 2014 Every year, thousands of young native English-speakers fly to Asia in search of an adventure, financed by working as English teachers. They come from Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Britain, Canada and elsewhere. But it can be risky leaping into another country on the promise of an “easy” job. In…
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Matahara: turning the clock back on women’s rights
Matahara: turning the clock back on women’s rights ‘Maternity harassment‘ concept coined amid reports of bullying over pregnancy at work BY HIFUMI OKUNUKI “When I told my company I was pregnant, they fired me.” “I was delighted to be hired by a company I loved. Then my boss made me promise not to get pregnant…
