The General Union is a legally registered labour/trade union, part of the Japanese labour union movement, and we are open to workers of any category or nationality. Since it was founded in 1991, our union has established a solid reputation for protecting its members' rights and improving their working conditions. We are workers like you who have joined together to protect our livelihoods and rights as workers. As a union, we are able to provide our members advice on workplace issues, and we actively help our members to organize and negotiate in their workplaces. read more about us
ゼネラルユニオンは，日本語での労働相談も行っています．日本語ページはこちら．
This April, ECC management announced major changes to teachers' working conditions.
• New contract renewal guidelines
• Revisions to teachers' work codes.
乱脈な経営による危機を、講師に転化しようとした2012年のリストラ解雇について、神戸地裁は４月19日、獨協大学側の主張をすべてしりぞけ、５名の原告【教授・准教授・専任講師】に、「雇用契約上の権利を有する」とし、賃金・ボーナスの支払いをも命令した。
本件は、大学と、ｾﾞﾈﾗﾙﾕﾆｵﾝ 姫路独協大支部が、永年、団体交渉や、大阪府労働委員会で、攻防を展開してきていたが、大学が最後に暴走 ...read more
Newsletters, e-news and web articles are all ways to communicate with members and non-members. Often though, they don't really give a feel for what is really happening. And it isn't unusual for inform ...read more
The 2013 Annual General Meeting brought together about 90 union members who listened to officer reports covering the different GU sectors (Private Language Industry - PLI, Schools and Colleges - SAC, ...read more
Having asked their employer to enroll them in health & pension (shakai hoken) and unemployment insurance, teachers became frustrated when No Borders insisted that teachers pay ridiculously high premiu ...read more
The General Union welcomes members and non members alike to attend our open seminars from 4PM which follows the Annual General Meeting (members only) on 21 April at L-Osaka read more
The General Union's campaigning for job security at ECC has seen some major changes. From this spring teachers can become seishain and are also one step closer to permanent employment.
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In line with ECC's improved financial state, the General Union submitted an across the board 10 percent pay raise demand for instructors. From the beginning, ECC rejected the percentage increase submi ...read more
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I work at one of the "better" high schools. It is that 