On December 23, in front of the Seiyu Sangenjaya store, the DHL Union (a chapter of the Japan Construction and Transport Industry Workers Solidarity Union) staged a protest action by means of video screening. The DHL Union organizes truck drivers exclusively contracted for Seiyu Ltd., a major supermar

All Freeters Union (Part-timer, Arbeiter, Freeter & Foreign Worker Union) formed a union, Cabaret/Club Union, for people working in the liquor business, followed by a press release on December 22, starting at 14:00 p.m. at the reporters club at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to announc

The Labor Festa 2009 was held on December 19, lively with a theme, "To Create, to Change and to Enjoy." The Women's Plaza in Shibuya, Tokyo, hosted 220 participants, who fully enjoyed the workers' festival. Held as an event marking the end of the year, the Festa in 2009 was its eighth session. This ti

On the December 18 afternoon, the Second Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (chaired by Chief Justice Yukio Takeuchi) gave an unjust ruling rejecting all items in Mr. Tsutomu Yoshioka's petition except for the one for compensation for harassment toward Mr. Yoshioka (Mobile cell phone flash by Ko Kurogan

A rally to demand the new Hatoyama government do it right was held at a Tokyo park on Oct. 17. The event was sponsored by Anti-poverty Network. Some 700 people gathered at Shiba park on the day, which marked International Day to Eradicate Poverty. The group's representative, Kenji Utsunomiya, said,

Rail Workers’ strike against overran labour repression from the government. This strike was triggered by unilateral termination on a collective agreement negotiation, starting 2008 between the railway union and the Korail. In 2008, as the former president of the company, Kyung-Ho Kan