The General Union is a legally registered labour/trade union, part of the Japanese labour union movement, and we are open to workers of any category or nationality. Since it was founded in 1991, our union has established a solid reputation for protecting its members' rights and improving their working conditions. We are workers like you who have joined together to protect our livelihoods and rights as workers. As a union, we are able to provide our members advice on workplace issues, and we actively help our members to organize and negotiate in their workplaces. read more about us
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In October 2011, as GABA was taken over by Nichii Gakkan, management decided to do a spot of union-busting and fired Francis Strange, the chair of the GU GABA branch. This was in addition to previousl ...read more
講師を「雇用でなく委託」としてきた法違反問題で、大阪府労働委員会の「委託でなく労働者」の判断確定と、有価証券報告書の虚偽不実記載で証券監視委にも通報された事を、ｾﾞﾈﾗﾙﾕﾆｵﾝはﾎｰﾑﾍﾟｰｼﾞで情報公開しました。ｾﾞﾈﾗﾙﾕﾆｵﾝ・ﾎｰﾑﾍﾟｰｼﾞは、偏らず営利でもない真実の情報を公開してきましたが、今回、ｾﾞﾈﾗﾙﾕﾆｵﾝ勝訴判決で、ﾎｰﾑﾍﾟｰｼﾞ自体に高い社会的評価を頂きました。 ...read more
The General Union has negotiated the introduction of Special Leave for full-time instructors. You can now take the following unpaid special leave on application to personnel.
About twelve months after the GU's efforts to improve conditions at Gaba were first written about. The Japan Times has run another story on working conditions at Gaba. Featuring interviews with instru ...read more
During 2008’s shunto spring labour offensive, Berlitz General Union Tokyo (Begunto) demanded the first base pay increase in 16 years and began a long-term surgical strike campaign. Berlitz management ...read more
The Kitakyushu Board of Education (BoE) plans to change the ALT system in elementary and junior high schools moving from a sub-contract (itaku gyomu) to a dispatch (haken) contract system in the 2012 ...read more
Spring is the traditional time for Japanese unions to negotiate improvements in working conditions. Called “shunto” in Japanese, it translates as Spring Labor Offensive. Right across Japan unions, big ...read more
In October of last year a number of full-time English teachers at Ashiya Gakuen High School joined the General Union and formed a union branch at their school. Teachers had read in the school's recrui ...read more
I was born and raised in Electchester in Flushing Queens, New York City. My town is a rent-controlled housing development that has provided a place for membe ...read more
It's that time of year again - time for getting together and enjoying spring at our annual Hamami party by the river. This year we are having Brazilian BBQ!
ECC is proposing changes to the contents of school director evaluations. The union believes that the consensus of all employees at ECC is necessary to implement the changes.
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