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Your Rights at Work

May Day 2026: Why Your Participation Matters 
Stand Together April 26: Solidarity Demo Against Division
Video: Power Harassment and Your Workplace Rights
Start 2026 Ready to Organise: January & February Training Dates Now Live 
Is Your Residency Status at Risk? Presentation From Public Meeting Now Available
Watch the Full Seminar: Beyond Term Limits – The 5-Year Rule and You! 
Is Your Residency Status at Risk? 
Health Care, Sick Days, and Paid Leave: November Workshops
We’re Fighting for a Minimum Wage of ¥1,500/Hour and ¥260,000/Month for Every GU Member
End the Year Strong: Individual Organising Training for November & December
Typhoon Day? Cancelled Classes? No Pay? Keep Reading 
Beyond Term Limits: the 5-Year Rule and You 
Understanding Your Payslip: What Every Employee Should See
Can Freelancers Join a Union? Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No. 
Leap into Autumn with Organising Training
hotline Social Insurance Universities - Colleges

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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Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #90 (06/2020)

Jul 14, 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 #89 (06/2020)

Jun 19, 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 #88 (05/2020)

Jun 13, 2020

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

Language Schools

Gaba Corporation Hides COVID-19 Case From Instructors

May 28, 2020

As prefectures across Japan leave the state of emergency, Gaba Corporation is reopening its Learning Studios, and the union hopes…

Labour Bulletins

Labor Update Bulletin #87 (05/2020)

May 26, 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 #86 (05/2020)

May 10, 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 #85 (04/2020)

May 3, 2020

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

Language Schools

NOVA: Safety Survey, Public Meeting, & STRIKE

Apr 28, 2020

Is your workplace safe during coronavirus? Take the workplace safety survey. Want more information on the union and how you can…

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Labor Update Bulletin #84 (04/2020)

Apr 26, 2020

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

Language Schools

Strike NOVA!

Apr 23, 2020

Emergency Meeting for NOVA members and other instructors/staff Friday, 24 April at 10:00 and 22:00 (RSVP HERE) Collective bargaining on…

Your Rights at Work

New, Multilingual Leaflet on Caregiver & Nursing Care Leave

Oct 17, 2019

Just had a baby? Elderly parents need help at home? Want more information but everything is in Japanese? The Ministry…

Your Rights at Work

When Is A National Holiday Not A “National” Holiday?

Oct 16, 2019

It seems that whenever a national holiday rolls around - be it Coming of Age Day, Health and Sports Day,…

Elementary, Junior, and Senior High Schools

General Union vs Osaka Shoin – Trial begins – Osaka District Court

Feb 1, 2019

On 31 March 2018 a General Union member was dismissed by Osaka Shoin High School specifically to stop him from…

Your Rights at Work

Everything You Wanted To Know About Not Paying Pension

Oct 22, 2018

As three wise monkeys once said: "See no pension, speak no pension, pay no pension". The topic of pension (and pension contributions)…

Your Rights at Work

8 Important Facts About Paid Annual Leave

May 2, 2018

Just this past weekend, we held some mini-labor seminars for members working in smaller schools or at places where we…

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