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Labor Board Orders Oberlin U to Talk to Union
Wednesday, May 26, the Tokyo Labor Relations Commission ordered Oberlin University to hold collective bargaining with Tozen Union. Oberlin University had refused negotiations since October 2019, demanding the union exclude rank and file members. The university had also insisted on bargaining in Japanese even though the day to day language of labor relations at…
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Tozen ALTs Enter Dispute with Interac 東ゼン労組のALT支部が、インタラックと労働紛争に突
On May 11, 2021, Tozen Union entered into dispute with Interac. Since our first collective bargaining (CB) in October 2019, Tozen Union and Interac have taken several important steps toward working out a deal. But after twenty-six CB sessions, workplace safety and wage issues remain. Our campaign to improve working conditions at Interac is important…
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Bread & Roses: Covid, Not Olympics, Requires Our National Effort
SNA (Tokyo) — I teach a weekly class on social security theory at a nursing college. When I read comments from the aspiring nurses, I can see their passion for alleviating human suffering, as well as for the class, which is gratifying as a teacher. The Covid pandemic that has spread over the globe over…
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Tozen Union Opposes the Tokyo Olympics
As a labour union we fight for workers’ rights, and worker safety. And the Tokyo Olympics has had numerous counts of worker deaths and injuries, and workers have reported a “culture of fear” that discouraged them from making complaints about working conditions. Another major reason that we do not support the Olympics is that the…
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フィリピン人家事労働者が抱えている労働問題が記事になりました。 TOZEN mentioned in article about Filipino domestic workers.
Tozen, and our President Okunuki Hifumi, have been mentioned in the following article by Mieko Takenobu about the difficulties that Filipino domestic workers have. 竹信三恵子氏のフィリピン人家事労働者が抱える問題についての記事の中で、東ゼン労組と執行委員長の奥貫妃文についても触れていただきました。 所持金1000円の外国人家政婦たち〜国家戦略特区「家事支援人材制度」の歪み ／竹信三恵子
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ALC Press Workers Unionize
Employees of publisher and language training company ALC Press Inc. unionized last June after management pressured them to switch to part-time zero-hour contracts with no social benefits. Since May 2020, ALC placed employees on required furlough on certain days each month, paying them reduced wages as per Article 26 of the Labor Standards Act. Although…
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Shane Workers Union’s recent strikes
You might have thought the Shane Workers Union (SWU) had gone quiet, or weren’t doing much over the lockdown, but the members were all quite active. Meetings went from a monthly thing to an almost weekly activity, and the fire in the members hearts was burning and growing. The members were angry at Shane’s lack…
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Bread & Roses: Workers of the World! Unite and Stay Home!
SNA (Tokyo) — May Day came into this world on May 1, 1886, with a general strike to win “eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours for what you will.” Three days later, workers gathered in Haymarket Square, Chicago, and clashed with cops sent in to shut them down. At least…
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Tozen Union Virtual May Day 東ゼン労組電脳メーデー
悪夢のようなコロナ禍を背景に、不要不急とされている労働者の多くは、自らの身を危険にさらして職場に出勤するか、収入減または収入ゼロを覚悟して自宅待機をするという無情な選択肢を迫られています。労働組合として、私たちは、コロナウィルスの拡大阻止と労働者の命と生活を共に守るための措置を、断固要求しなければなりません。 私たちは、2020年５月１日（金）午後２時より、世界初の「電脳メーデー」（オンラインによるメーデー）を開催します。東ゼン労組のメーデーのテーマは「コロナの収束」と「所得保障」という二本の柱からなります。生活費が底をつき、家賃やローン等を支払えない労働者に対して、所得保障のうえで自宅待機を徹底することが絶対に必要です。 「オンラインによるメーデー」っていったいナニ？と思うでしょう。社前で行われる抗議行動なら、東ゼン労組の幟、腕章、要求事項が記載された配布ビラなどがあり、申入れ、路上演説後シュプレヒコールで締めるのが通常のスタイルです。東ゼン労組の「電脳メーデー」は、街に出て声を上げる代わりに、オンラインツール「Zoom」によって、街頭での行動と全く同じ目的を果たすものです。 東ゼン労組の電脳メーデーは、国と使用者に、一人残らず全ての労働者の命を守ることを要求します。不要不急の業界の労働者に対しては、在宅勤務、自宅待機に全額の賃金を、そして、必要不可欠な緊迫した現場で、私たち社会の安全のために今も働いている労働者たちに対しては、「危険手当」の上乗せ支給を求めます。 今こそ、万国の労働者よ、電脳空間で団結しよう!! Against the backdrop of this nightmarish pandemic, many workers in nonessential industries face an awful dilemma – commute to work, and risk their own and the public health, or stay at home with no or far less income. As a union, we must call for the resolution of both crises,…