UP-PGH Doctor’s STATEMENT on Mass Leave of Absence to Protest the Blatant Disregard for a Democratic Process and Oppressive ouster of PGH director   The Philippine General Hospital is in crisis because of a Hospital Director’s

Media Release05 March 2010“Stop Arroyo’s Fascist Rule! Free the 43 Health Workers!” One month after their illegal arrest in Morong, Rizal, the 43 health workers continue to suffer from an ordeal brought upon by a desperate military, a mercenary justice department, and a fascist national govern

A South Korean film “Weabak” (Stay out overnight), directly by Kim Mi-re, is popular. However, it has not been showing in theaters. The film was invited to the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in 2009 and has been shown in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo through independent distribution cha

A meeting calling for a “Society food for both women and men” was held at the Bunkyo Ward Gender Equality Center in central Tokyo on January 9, 2010. This year is that of the “Third Basic Plan for Gender Equality”. Fukushima Mizuho, who has become the Minister of Gender Equality in the current

Illegal worker dispatch was not limited to factories. An increasing number of foreign lecturers are employed in the form of disguised outsourcing for English classes at public schools. Such lecturers are working under poor working conditions and in precarious positions. The General Union picked up thi

Suzuki Hajime, Secretary General of the Sapporo General Union and a member of LaborNet Japan, was extensively reported in the “Gendai Kawaraban (Modern bulletin board)” column of Hokkaido Shimbun on January 6, 2010 (Photo). The report says, “The Sapporo General Union is a joint union mainly for

In a lawsuit in pursuit of confirmation of the employment contract with Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. (former Matsushita Electric) for Masako Sato (see the photo), who had been working as a dispatched worker at its show room located in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, until being dismissed at the