Mandatory Retirement as an “Unreasonable Dismissal”
The ongoing labour dispute at Shitennoji University (IBU) Like the rest of Japan, the General Union is facing an aging…
The ongoing labour dispute at Shitennoji University (IBU) Like the rest of Japan, the General Union is facing an aging…
Union begins survey of union members in preparation to defend 2022 koma. Non-members also welcome to take the survey. Every…
Uncooperative & Uncompromising; Kobe Shoin wins trip to Osaka In the middle of a pandemic and state of emergency, Kobe…
Union launches campaign for NO REDUCTION in 2022 koma! Every year since 2011, about this time of year the union…
The union has made some progress in negotiations with Doshisha University and Doshisha Women's College, mainly in clearing up a…
At a press conference on 13th of April, amid a rapid growth of COVID-19 infections in the Osaka area, prefectural…
In February, the General Union Kindai Branch held collective bargaining session with Kindai University, during which we demanded that teachers…
For many months now the union has been trying to settle a number of different problems with Doshisha. As you…
The union has been involved at numerous workplaces dealing with universities' refusal to grant unlimited term contracts after 5 years…
The General Union, NUGW Tokyo Nambu, and Fukuoka General Union ran a seminar on 6 December for university teachers about…
The General Union sent information requests to 75 universities and senmon gakko across Japan where members and consultees work. We…
After a meeting attended by union members working in universities and professional training colleges (senmon gakko), due to concerns about…
In the last issue of the e-news we reported on a University in Kyoto which was planning to arbitrarily change…