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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

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賃金と授業料踏倒し=大阪地検の猿橋不起訴は、誰もが容認できない。 【NOVA=猿橋事件徹底究明へ、ゼネラルユニオンの声明】

NOVA詐欺商法・特別背任・賃金不払など「真相究明の継続」で、被害者へ謝罪と償いをさせよう。

 NOVAでは、倒産直後に、不正なレッスン契約、ファミリー企業もからんだ特別背任などが
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What is a "break" Berlitz?

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

GABA Teachers Win a Pay Increase!

Yen Sign 100-200yen per lesson increase GABA teachers have unionized and are seeing direct results. Shortly into negotiations the company announced ...read more

Applying for Osaka City Public Housing - 5 Aug 2008 - bilingual - Others

Osaka City will re-start an application process for municipal housing for low-income earning households who are in urgent situation to find housing.

Applications: Thursday, August 21s
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ACC Teacher Wins Severance Pay - 27 Jul 2008 - english - Tokai Nagoya Chubu

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

AEON - 150,000 reasons to be happy - 24 Jul 2008 - english - AEON

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,
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IMPORTANT: PENSION RECORDS Have you received a blue or green envelope from the Social Insurance Agency (社会保険庁)? - 13 Jul 2008 - english - Shakai Hoken

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

WHY DON'T GABA TEACHERS RECEIVE PAID LEAVE? - 7 Jul 2008 - english - Gaba



Japanese law says that even hourly pa
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Berlitz teachers demand to be paid for all work - 3 Jul 2008 - english - Berlitz


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Are you happy with the ECC training system? VOTE NOW! - 1 Jul 2008 - english - ECC

Click here to take the ECC Training Survey


Nationwide instructors have been contacting the G
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GU Supports Hankyu Tour Guides Over Health and Pension - 30 Jun 2008 - english - Shakai Hoken



Today, tour guides from Hankyu Tour S
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AEON Leafletting Brings Results - 26 Jun 2008 - english - AEON

After just a few days of leafletting at AEON Nagoya training sessions, management is running scared.

Union member receives overtime pay

Before the union had
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AEON does about face over housing issue - 26 Jun 2008 - english - AEON

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

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