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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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Panel bans Tokyo university’s Japanese-only labor talks policy
TOKYO — A labor panel ordered a Tokyo university Wednesday to not refuse to use English in negotiations with a foreign teachers’ labor union at its affiliated school. Tokyo Gakugei University had notified the union at Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary School that it would hold talks only if Japanese is used, said the Tokyo…
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Tozen Union Wins Precedent-Setting Negotiating Language Case Against Tokyo Gakugei University
The Tokyo Labor Relations Board on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Gakugei University to “engage in collective bargaining without insisting it be conducted in Japanese or that (the union) bring an interpreter.” In the first case of its kind, Tozen Union and the TGUISS Teachers Union had sued the school for making negotiations in Japanese a condition…
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The flip side of coveted public-sector jobs in Japan: fewer rights
I research labor law and teach it to university students. In the first class, I break up the two groups of labor laws — those related to individual and collective labor relations — for my students. Individual labor relations law begins and ends with the 1947 Labor Standards Act (rōdō kijun hō); its collective counterpart…
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Lessons in Japan’s labor laws from striking NPB baseball stars and English teachers
Eleven years ago, baseball players walked off the field in protest for the first time in the seven-decade professional history of the game in Japan. Owners wanted to consolidate two of the dozen pro teams, without offering a replacement. Players opposed the merger and were outraged that they had been kept out of the decision-making…
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「戦争法案ゼッタイ反対！」とデモをする学生たちは就職できない？
2015年夏。戦後70年を迎えた日本。この節目の年に、安倍晋三総理大臣を中止とする政権与党は、現行憲法下で「集団的自衛権」の行使は可能と、従来の解釈を180度変更し、また、安保法案を与党の賛成多数で成立させた。 このような政府の武力行使への積極姿勢に対して多くのNOの声が巻き起こった。その声はやがて学生たちの自発的な行動につながっていった。なかでも大きなムーブメントを巻き起こしているのは「SEALDs」（シールズ：Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy – s）という団体である。「自由と平和と民主主義」を守るというモットーのもと、現在の日本政府の軍事化に反対を表明するために、全国各地の大学生たちを中心に結成された団体だ。
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Osaka’s General Union lands major court victory on Shakai Hoken
GU court victory against gov’t over insurance to have major impact On 20 March at 13:25, the Tokyo District Court ruled on the case of a General Union member who sued the Japanese government in an important test case regarding eligibility for enrollment in the Employees Health and Pension Insurance (shakai hoken). Read more at…
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空の労働者、JAL165名不当解雇の闘いに連帯を
～原告団長内田妙子さんインタビュー～ 2010年大晦日。世間の多くの人びとは、慌ただしく新年を迎える準備をしながら、ワクワクと心躍らせていたことだろう。そんななか、日本屈指の航空会社、鶴のトレードマークで有名なJAL（日本航空）で働く165名の労働者らは、大晦日に会社からクビを切られた。パイロット81名と客室乗務員84名。長年、誇りと情熱をもって空の安全を守るために仕事に従事してきた彼らは、なぜ、大晦日に仕事を奪われなければならなかったのだろうか。
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Standing up to the country’s flagship carrier
Credibility of justice system in spotlight as highest court to make ruling on JAL layoffs BY HIFUMI OKUNUKI Kuala Lumpur, 1977. The rain came down in torrents. The control tower instructed pilots to circle the airport pending better weather. The pilots had the option to divert to a nearby airport where things were quieter. Japan Airlines…