Non-renewal? 30 Days Notice – No Less!
Recently, a union member at a large, prominent eikaiwa was thrown a curve ball: for a variety of factors, this…
Hands Off! Don’t Touch Our Koma! – Updated
Union begins survey of union members in preparation to defend 2022 koma. Non-members also welcome to take the survey. Every…
How to Apply for an Unlimited Term Contract & Protect your Working Conditions
The union has put out a lot of information on this topic and if you are at a university, this…
Hands Off! Don’t touch our Koma!
Union launches campaign for NO REDUCTION in 2022 koma! Every year since 2011, about this time of year the union…
GU Launches Gender Parity Committee to Welcome International Women’s Day
According to data gathered from General Union members who filled out the gender section of the application form when they…
Kick Off 2021 by Signing the Postal Industry Workers Union Petition
Petition for Equal Treatment and Regular Employment for Irregular Postal Staff Japan Post Group and its related companies have a…
Unlimited Term Contracts at Universities and Colleges
The General Union, NUGW Tokyo Nambu, and Fukuoka General Union ran a seminar on 6 December for university teachers about…
Income Support and the Pandemic
Many workers in Japan are suffering economically from the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. There is some relief. 1. Kyugyo…
New, Multilingual Leaflet on Caregiver & Nursing Care Leave
Just had a baby? Elderly parents need help at home? Want more information but everything is in Japanese? The Ministry…
When Is A National Holiday Not A “National” Holiday?
It seems that whenever a national holiday rolls around - be it Coming of Age Day, Health and Sports Day,…
Everything You Wanted To Know About Not Paying Pension
As three wise monkeys once said: "See no pension, speak no pension, pay no pension". The topic of pension (and pension contributions)…
8 Important Facts About Paid Annual Leave
Just this past weekend, we held some mini-labor seminars for members working in smaller schools or at places where we…
How To Resign (With Template Letter)
One of the more common queries that the General Union receives is the question of how an employee should actually…
Paid Holidays: The Law vs Your Workplace
The July 24th (2016) edition of the Japan Times ("Questions About Paid Leave") provided a very good overview of the…
Non-Compete Clauses, The Law, And You
"I want to quit my job and work for another company. However, my contract has a non-compete clause that states…