National Union of General Workers (Zenrokyo)
National Union of General Workers National Council (National Union of General Workers) | |
| Founded | 1 December 1991 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | |
| Location | |
Key people | Yujiro Hiraga (Chair), Keiji Watanabe (General Secretary) |
| Affiliations | National Trade Union Council |
| Website | NUGW (in English) NUGW (in Japanese) |
The National Union of General Workers (NUGW) is the shortened, English title of the National Union of General Workers National Council (
National Trade Union Council (全国労働組合連絡協議会 Zenrokyo),[2] the smallest of the three national labour federations in Japan. As of September 2010 the NUGW had around 7000 members.[3]
The NUGW acts as an
Kyūshū
.
The union works to raise awareness of problems faced by all workers in Japan, including foreign/
injunctions and arguing cases at Labour Commissions and District Courts[7] 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.
References
- ^ Overview, NUGW National Council (National Union of General Workers), www.nugw.jp/ 8 June 2011
- ^ Affiliated unions, National Trade Union Council (Zenrokyo) www.zenrokyo.org 8 June 2011
- ^ The Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training homepage The Current Status and Significance of General Unions: Concerning the Resolution of Individual Labor Disputes p68 Retrieved January 26, 2012
- ^ Affiliated unions, NUGW National Council (National Union of General Workers), www.nugw.jp/ 7 June 2011 Archived 26 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Faces & Places - Q&A - Louis Carlet". Metropolis. February 17, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ "PALE Journal of Professional Issues". debito.org. December 1998. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ "The Language Teacher by Roger Jones". jalt-publications.org. November 2001. Retrieved 2007-02-19.