Trust Your Foreign Teachers: NOVA’s Unnecessary Demand for Medical Certificates When Sick!
Collective Bargaining with NOVA on Tuesday, July 18 saw us demanding the company scrap Article 38, Paragraph 3 from the…
Collective Bargaining with NOVA on Tuesday, July 18 saw us demanding the company scrap Article 38, Paragraph 3 from the…
General Union’s AEON Branch calls on their employer to respond to significant concerns. One pressing issue raised by union members…
On July 4th, the GU filed a suit with the Osaka Prefectural Labour Commission against International School of English (ISE),…
The General Union (GU) has taken action by filing a lawsuit against Jikei Group’s International Learning Centre (ILC) at the…
NOVA has some urgent issues that need to be addressed. They claim to care about education, but what about their…
We find ourselves at a critical juncture where our demands for fair treatment and improved working conditions have been met…
On Friday, May 26 four unfairly dismissed instructors, one supportive husband, and two General Union office staff made their way…
The General Union has sued Nishio, Aichi based Brighton House English School at the Osaka Labour Relations Commission for unfair…
By Fred Henley Last Friday, the union’s representatives sat at the bargaining table with ECC’s management to discuss annual demands…
By: Fred Henley In light of impending changes to national mask-wearing guidelines from March 13th and the May 8th downgrade…
*Note: This article was originally published on February 9th, 2022 but was updated on February 22nd, 2022 to change word…
By Kristen Numata AEON Corporation employees are ready to start 2023 with a bang! 2022 was a busy year that saw an unprecedented…
The union has filed a ULP (unfair labour practices) suit against ILC (International Language Centre 国際教育社・国際語学センター) where one of our…
Last July, Nova acquired Gaba. Nova has already made a number of changes. Among other things, the purchase looks to…
This past October, General Union held two Collective Bargaining meetings with Shikoku-based, kid-centric English school GEM School. The sessions were…