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===Tokyo Nambu===
===Tokyo Nambu===
The National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (Nambu) is a union which extends membership to those working in any industry, trade or workplace. The union’s current membership numbers several thousand workers in the southern area of Tokyo. White-collar [[migrant workers]], mostly in the Foreign Workers Caucus, comprise a quarter of its members.
The National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (Nambu) is a union which extends membership to those working in any industry, trade or workplace. The union’s current membership numbers several thousand workers in the southern area of Tokyo. White-collar [[migrant workers]], mostly in the Foreign Workers Caucus, comprise a quarter of its members. An example branch is the Universal & Global Language Fair Working Conditions Committee ([http://uglifwcc.bravehost.com/ ULI/GLI FWCC]) whose members are foreign language teachers at Japanese private schools, K-College, in the Tokyo area. The Deputy [[Secretary General]] of the National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (Tokyo South) is [[Louis Carlet]], a U.S citizen and long-term Japan resident.<ref>
The Deputy [[Secretary General]] of the National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (Tokyo South) is [[Louis Carlet]], a U.S citizen and long-term Japan resident.<ref>
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NUGW
The National Union of General Workers
AffiliationsZenrokyo
WebsiteNUGW (in English)
NUGW (in Japanese)

The National Union of General Workers (全国一般労働組合,, Zenkoku Ippan Roudou Kumiai, acronym NUGW) is a Japanese national labour union affiliated with the Zenrokyo (National Trade Union Council), which is itself one of the three main federations within the Japanese trade union structure.

The NUGW also acts as an umbrella organisation encompassing numerous smaller autonomous general unions and trade unions, including the National Union of General Workers - Tokyo South (also known as NAMBU), which represents Eastern Japan; the General Union, headquartered in Osaka, representing Western Japan, and the Fukuoka General Union, representing Kyūshū; and the University Teacher's Union (UTU). These unions are sub-divided into smaller branches representing Japanese members in the publishing industries, while most non-Japanese members are employed in English conversation schools (eikaiwa). [citation needed] For the most part, union branches are based at colleges, private K-12 schools, public k-12 schools and conversation schools, having representative branch unions at dozens [citation needed] of language schools including Nova, GEOS, Berlitz, ECC and Interac. [1]

The union works to raise awareness of problems faced by foreign/migrant workers in Japan, to improve members working conditions and bargaining power and to inform members of their rights under Japanese labour law. [2] Activities include strikes, [3] rallies and leafleting, filing injunctions and arguing cases at Labour Commissions and District Courts [4] on issues such as fixed-term contracts, the non-enrollment of employees into Social Insurance, illegal outsourcing of Assistant Language Teachers by public schools, and unfair dismissals due to one-year contracts.

Tokyo Nambu

The National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (Nambu) is a union which extends membership to those working in any industry, trade or workplace. The union’s current membership numbers several thousand workers in the southern area of Tokyo. White-collar migrant workers, mostly in the Foreign Workers Caucus, comprise a quarter of its members. An example branch is the Universal & Global Language Fair Working Conditions Committee (ULI/GLI FWCC) whose members are foreign language teachers at Japanese private schools, K-College, in the Tokyo area. The Deputy Secretary General of the National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (Tokyo South) is Louis Carlet, a U.S citizen and long-term Japan resident.[5][6]

General Union (Osaka)

The chair of the General Union is Katsuji Yamahara. Due to pressure from the General Union, in March 2005, the Japanese Government's Social Insurance Agency began to investigate English language schools in Japan for non-payment of Social Insurance (社会保険,, Shakai Hoken). In general, non-enrollment of full-time employees is illegal in Japan -- the Health Insurance Law and Employees' Pension Law stipulate that companies must enroll all workers who have been in Japan for over two months in both the health insurance and pension systems, regardless of nationality. Shakai Hoken cover for employees also includes sickness and injury allowance. The burden of payment is split between employer and employee, with each paying about half the monthly premium amount. [7] The General Union (Osaka) has official consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). [8]

See also

External links

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References

  1. ^ "The Language Teacher by Susan Carbery, Obirin University". jalt-publications.org. January 2002. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  2. ^ "Faces & Places - Q&A - Louis Carlet". Metropolis. February 17 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "PALE Journal of Professional Issues". debito.org. December 1998. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  4. ^ "The Language Teacher by Roger Jones". jalt-publications.org. November 2001. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  5. ^ "Faces & Places - Q&A - Louis Carlet". Metropolis. February 17 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Stranger in Tokyo". Marketplace. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |season= (help); Unknown parameter |airdate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "English schools face huge insurance probe". The Japan Times. April 12, 2005. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  8. ^ "ECOSOC Roster Consultative Status since 2005". esa.un.org. February 17 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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