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
Berlitz Kansai union members have taken a stand and voted to push ahead to win payment for the 5 minute interval between lessons. Berlitz calls it a break but a break ...read more
100-200yen per lesson increase GABA teachers have unionized and are seeing direct results. Shortly into negotiations the company announced ...read more
A teacher at ACC, a small conversation school in Nagoya, was recently fired without notice, seemingly for having the audacity to take two days off work while she was sick. It's ...read more
Back in June we reported on an AEON teacher who had received a small amount of overtime pay from the company once they knew the union was on to the case.
However, ...read more
In light of the recent problem of thousands of pension records not being identifiable, the Social Insurance Agency, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour have started contacti ...read more
Ever wondered about leaving AEON housing? It isn't uncommon for teachers to be told this is impossible, that they must continue to pay rent until the end of their employment contract. ...read more
100-200yen per lesson increase GABA teachers have unionized and are seeing direct results. Shortly into negotiations the company announced
