Tag: labor union

  • Tozen Daigakus are back!

    Tozen Daigakus are back with our first video by Gerome Rothman. In this short Tozen Daigaku Gerome discusses the use of AI when it comes to consultations.

  • Tozen fights back against Gaba’s vicious penalties

    Tozen fights back against Gaba’s vicious penalties

    On Monday 4th December 2023, members of Tozen’s Gaba local took to the streets to protest and fight for their wellbeing. The video below includes speeches from organiser Louis Carlet, Gaba local President Musashi Sakazaki, and Gaba local General Secretary Mitch Brown.  

  • Mainichi Shimbun cover Tozen’s fight for 10% pay rise

    Mainichi Shimbun cover Tozen’s fight for 10% pay rise

    Article written by 東海林智, and originally featured here. 「10%以上の賃上げを」非正規労働者ら、春闘に向け団体設立 非正規労働者らを多く組織する個人加盟が中心の労働組合や地域労組が4日、2024年春闘へ向けた共闘組織「非正規春闘実行委員会」を設立した。物価高による生活苦が社会に広がる中、一律10%以上の賃上げを方針に掲げた。実行委は「一人でも賃上げを求め声を上げることはできる。一緒に賃金を上げよう」と呼びかけた。

  • Tozen Gaba Workers Union steps up dispute for higher wages, against forced registration

    Tozen Gaba Workers Union steps up dispute for higher wages, against forced registration

    Tozen Union and its local Gaba Workers Union protested today (Tuesday, July 18, 2023) in front of language school Gaba’s Fujisawa Learning Studio. A dozen teachers braved searing heat on the streets of Fujisawa, demanding a 200/yen per lesson raise and that Gaba stop pushing instructors to register as an “invoice-issuing business.” The language school does this to shift…

  • Tozen organiser interviewed by scientific journal, Nature

    In the article ‘I feel disposable’: Thousands of scientists’ jobs at risk in Japan, about universities terminating workers on fixed-term contracts, Tozen organiser Louis Carlet was interviewed and gave an explanation on how universities have responded to the 5/10-year rule. Read the full article here

  • 東ゼン一日行動ビデオ Tozen All Day Protest Videos

    東ゼン一日行動(上) 神田にあるシェーン英会話本社前で抗議行動を始めした。 The first part of Tozen’s All Day Protest. Starting with the Shane Worker’s Union protesting at Shane English School Head Office in Kanda, Tokyo. 東ゼン一日行動(中) 神田にある神田外語大学院前で抗議行動を始めした。 The second part of Tozen’s All Day Protest. Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) Union protesting at Kanda University of International Studies in Kanda, Tokyo. 東ゼン一日行動(下) 銀座にあるインタラック本社前で抗議行動を始めした。…

  • 東ゼン大学ー職場の組織化 – Tozen Daigaku – How to organise your workplace.

    Louis Carlet, Tony Dolan, and Orren Frankham present a Tozen Daigaku on how to safely organise your coworkers, what to be careful of, how to build up a union, and their own experiences in building unions. Japanese Labour Union Act Japanese Labour Relations Adjustment Act Japanese Labour Standards Act

  • 東ゼン大学 – 法理と判例 Tozen Daigaku on Legal Principles and Precedents

    Louis Carlet and Hifumi Okunuki present the seven legal principles and three law court precedents that you should know.

  • Begunto returns to striking for the first time in 13 years!

    From the Begunto Website: On September 14th Begunto entered dispute after weeks of negotiations that went nowhere. On September 16th we had our first striking member. The purpose of the strike is to realize the Union’s demand that our member, Matthew Wiegand, be reinstated in his job. We aim to protect members against unfair dismissals.…

  • 五輪中止オンライン抗議アクション Anti-Olympics Live Stream Candlelit Protest

    On Friday 30th July 2021, members of Tozen held a candle-lit online protest calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics.