On the morning of January 1, 2023, about 500 workers and many union flags gathered in front of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters. The New Year’s Day protest against a series of crackdowns on the Reatai-Union Kansai Ready-Mixed Concrete Branch (Kan’nama) was held again this year.
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Representatives and speakers from the branch, supporting labor unions, and citizen organizations spoke out against the crackdown as illegal and called for continuing to fight for a just cause.