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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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Tozen Daigaku: Civil Service Trade Union Rights (Fiscal Year Appointee System)
In April of 2020, the Japanese government amended local civil service law, reclassifying direct hire ALTs at public schools as “fiscal year appointees.” This so-called reform stripped these ALTs, and all others who labour under the new classification, of their trade union rights. Fiscal year appointees in the new system can no longer demand…
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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 Daigaku: How bosses screw with your work hours! 東ゼン大学：会社による労働時間制度変更時の注意点！
Attorney Kinoshita Tetsuro talks us through various changes to the work hour system. 木下徹郎弁護士によるに労働時間制度の様々な変更点について。 Overview of the working time system(日本語) 労働時間制度の概要
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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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May 27, 2022, Interac Protest
In May 2021, Tozen Union entered into a labor dispute with Interac. Interac has failed to make progress on workplace safety and improved wages. They refuse to provide our union with basic financial information justifying their refusals. They then retaliated against Tozen by firing our member last month. Our campaign to improve working conditions at…
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東ゼン大学 – 契約形態でやられちゃった。Tozen Daigaku – Work contracts, and how companies screw you.
Tozen’s Louis Carlet delves into different types of Labour contracts, and discusses their pros and cons. 講師: ルイス・カーレットとオレン・フランクハム Presented by Louis Carlet and Orren Frankham