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Language Schools

Private Language School Teachers Meet to Tackle Workplace Issues and Build for 2026
Challenging Bogus Freelancing in the Eikaiwa Industry
No More Ticking Around: Holding Clock Accountable
Big Company or Small, Eikaiwa Workers Deserve Good Faith
AEON Online and the Push for Fair Contracts in a Shifting Industry
ECC Teachers Deserve Better: Expand Sick Leave!
Celebrating Women in Leadership in General Union!
General Union and Supporting Workers in Transition
Standing Together, Winning Together: From Your Workplace to Across Japan
Standing Together Against Job Losses: A Case Study 
GU Members Show Up Against Yamaguchi Gakuen in Court
Groundbreaking 3-year Wage Deal at ECC!
Persistence Pays Off: How One Union Branch  Changed the Narrative
How Nine Union Members Transformed Their Workplace: General Union ALC Branch Wins Big Victory 
Union Membership Yields Swift Results for Hardworking Teacher
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The General Union’s Fight Against Illegal Exclusion from Social Insurance

Dec 30, 2025
Universities - Colleges Your Rights at Work

Watch the Full Seminar: Beyond Term Limits – The 5-Year Rule and You! 

Dec 8, 2025
Universities - Colleges Your Rights at Work

Beyond Term Limits: the 5-Year Rule and You 

Oct 21, 2025
Universities - Colleges

Fighting Back Against Class Cuts: Why Universities Can’t Keep Dumping Their Problems on Workers

Aug 6, 2025
hotline Social Insurance Universities - Colleges

Universities Must Cough Up: The Real Costs of Insurance Exclusion 

Jul 6, 2025
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When Questions Become Harassment – A Member’s Story
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Power Harassment Part 4 – Under Employment
Labour Bulletins
Labor Update Bulletin #117 (07/2021)
Language Schools
Demanding Safety at GABA
Universities - Colleges
Kobe Shoin Women’s University Sued At Osaka Labour Commission
Elementary, Junior, and Senior High Schools
The Pursuit Of Union Representation At Deutsche Schule Kobe
Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #107 (02/2021)

Mar 9, 2021

This bulletin contains information on law changes, government discussions, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan. We hope that…

Your Rights at Work

GU Launches Gender Parity Committee to Welcome International Women’s Day

Mar 7, 2021

According to data gathered from General Union members who filled out the gender section of the application form when they…

Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #106 (02/2021)

Feb 13, 2021

This bulletin contains information on law changes, government discussions, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan. We hope that…

Universities - Colleges

Union Prepares Dispute Against Doshisha

Feb 12, 2021

For many months now the union has been trying to settle a number of different problems with Doshisha. As you…

News Workplace Harassment

“Kan’nama”, the Union Movement, and Us

Feb 2, 2021

The General Union adopted a special resolution at the Annual General Meeting in May 2019 in support of the All…

Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #104 (01/2021)

Jan 23, 2021

This bulletin contains information on law changes, government discussions, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan. We hope that…

Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #103 (12/2020)

Jan 14, 2021

This bulletin contains information on law changes, government discussions, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan. We hope that…

Universities - Colleges

The GU Knows What it’s Talking About When it Comes to Unlimited Term Contracts at Universities

Jan 9, 2021

The union has been involved at numerous workplaces dealing with universities' refusal to grant unlimited term contracts after 5 years…

News Your Rights at Work

Kick Off 2021 by Signing the Postal Industry Workers Union Petition

Jan 3, 2021

Petition for Equal Treatment and Regular Employment for Irregular Postal Staff Japan Post Group and its related companies have a…

Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #102 (12/2020)

Dec 29, 2020

This bulletin contains information on law changes, government discussions, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan. We hope that…

Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #101 (11/2020)

Dec 12, 2020

This bulletin contains information on law changes, government discussions, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan. We hope that…

Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #100 (11/2020)

Nov 30, 2020

This bulletin contains information on law changes, government discussions, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan. We hope that…

News

Report on Government Negotiations

Nov 24, 2020

On November 20, 2020, at the Lower House Diet Members’ #2 Office Building, a group of education workers’ unions under…

Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #99 (10/2020)

Nov 10, 2020

This bulletin contains information on law changes, government discussions, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan. We hope that…

Universities - Colleges Your Rights at Work

Unlimited Term Contracts at Universities and Colleges

Oct 30, 2020

The General Union, NUGW Tokyo Nambu, and Fukuoka General Union ran a seminar on 6 December for university teachers about…

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