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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.
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Tozen reaches deal with Shane over union-busting wages
TOKYO – The Tozen Union has successfully reached a settlement with Shane Corporation at the Central Labor Commission, resolving a long-standing dispute regarding wage discrimination against union members who participated in industrial action. The Core Dispute The conflict originated when three union members were awarded significantly smaller pay raises than their colleagues. The Tozen…
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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.
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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。
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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 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…
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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
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Bread & Roses: Do sex workers really have a choice?
On March 30, 2022, NHK Web News ran a story on how women driven to financial hardship due to the corona pandemic are increasingly turning to sex work. (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20220330/k10013558231000.html) The report notes that sex workers’ “growing presence in busy urban neighborhoods has spurred police to take enforcement action but also to assign case officers to…
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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。…
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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