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GABA Dispute Update
The Tozen GABA Local leafleted the GABA Tokyo Learning Studio this morning in protest of their unfair discipline towards local president Tyler Christensen. The GABA Local also leafleted the Yokohama LS...
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A democratically elected rep is every worker’s legal right
Workers’ voice in negotiations: The lack of a freely and fairly elected workers’ rep could cost employees dearly in the long run, allowing management to alter work rules and worsen conditions with...
View ArticleConfirmation d’entrée en dispute avec l’Institut Français du Japon
Après avoir reçu une fin de non recevoir de la part de la direction de l’Institut du Japon, le SEI-Tozen a adressé cette lettre à Mme Claire Thuaudet, directrice. “Nous avons bien reçu votre fax du 26...
View ArticleDo Japan’s porn actresses and actors have labor rights?
On May 4, a tiny cafe in Tokyo’s Koenji neighborhood was transformed into an informal meeting hall. Porn-film kingpins (and a “queenpin”) had called an “emergency meeting” to respond to a recently...
View ArticleWorrying times for job security in Japan
The year 2016 was no walk in the park for workers nationwide. At one extreme, we have Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old worker who felt she had no other choice but to take her life as a result of...
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