Challenging Bogus Freelancing in the Eikaiwa Industry
One of General Union’s most important areas of work in 2025 was confronting the widespread misclassification of English teachers as…
Big Company or Small, Eikaiwa Workers Deserve Good Faith
Over the past year, we’ve seen a sharp rise in the number of teachers contacting us from smaller English conversation…
AEON Online and the Push for Fair Contracts in a Shifting Industry
It’s not unusual for companies to change with the times. In the language education industry, it’s essential to update pedagogy…
Fighting for Change: General Union’s Look Back and Plans for the Language School Industry in 2024
2023 marked a period of gradual recovery in the language school industry, characterized by major corporations tightening their grip on…
AEON Members Demand Action: Staffing Crisis and Teacher Support in Focus!
General Union’s AEON Branch calls on their employer to respond to significant concerns. One pressing issue raised by union members…
AEON: Positive Changes in the Wake of GU Demands
*Note: This article was originally published on February 9th, 2022 but was updated on February 22nd, 2022 to change word…
“GET ON” AEON Outreach Campaign a Growing Success
Early March 2022, unionized teachers at AEON language schools took a shot in the dark and organized an ambitious, nation-wide…
Shots at Eikaiwa
In early July, Before the vaccine supplies issues occurred, we sent a letter to the six main Eikaiwas AEON, Berlitz,…
Just in Time for Summer – Vaccination Roll Out
Two months ago, in response to the state of emergency, the General Union issued a letter of inquiry to Japan’s…
Eikaiwas and the Pandemic: Much Talk, Little Action – But we demand more!
The corona virus is something we are all sick of but with the third state of emergency in progress. We…