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Your rights at ECC
Worth JOINING for
- Fair pay and conditions
- Collective Bargaining
- Protection and security at work
- Health and Safety
To protect your rights at work the best thing you can do is join the union. Union members get advice and support from our staff and workplace representatives. Membership is open to any ECC employee, part or full time, of any nationality.
Member benefits
Advice and Support
The union provides professional assistance with:
- Your wages and entitlements
- Unfair treatment and harassment at work
- Work related injuries or illness
- Collective bargaining for better conditions
- Health insurance and pension
- Japanese labour laws
Your rights
All workers in Japan, regardless of nationality, have the right to join a union.
Better conditions
Union members are in a stronger position to secure better conditions through collective bargaining. The more workers that are in a union, the better chance they have of getting a good deal.
Workplace Health and Safety
One of the high priorities of the union is to ensure the safety at work. Evidence shows that union representation makes a difference. Having union members in the workplace increases Health and Safety awareness by up to 70%.
About the union
The ECC branch is one of the oldest General Union branches representing teachers and staff at ECC group companies including ECC Foreign Language Institute, ECC Junior, ECC Best Career, ECC Prep School and ECC Kokusai College.
Since the branch formation in 1996 we have a proud record of improving working conditions at ECC.
Union Achievements
- English pay slips
- Flexible paid holidays (ALPs)
- Unemployment insurance (koyo hoken)
- Health and Pension Insurance (shakai hoken)
- Established grievance procedure
- Toll free number for Kinki district sub teachers
- Improved emergency evacuation procedures
- Agreement to consult with the union over major changes to working conditions
- Mandatory training conducted during working hours or paid at the "overtime rate" (excluding core training)
Join Now
Union members get advice and support when needed from our network of union staff and workplace delegates.
Members receive:
- Advice on wages, conditions and rights
- Help for problems at work
- Workplace health and safety support
Union membership costs
Full Time Employee 3,000 yen per month
Part Time Employee click here for more details
It's easy! Become a union member today by completing our online membership form
Go to the online membership form
For more details contact the ECC branch office on 06-6352-9619
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The union's strategy of applying for mediation with the Osaka Labour Relations Commission has achieved its purpose- breaking the negotiation deadlock with ECC. Even though ECC refused mediation they i ...read more
The union met with ECC on Friday, November 18th, to discuss the emergency personnel number, evaluations and SD meetings.
ECC feels that the emergency personnel number is no longer nece ...read more
As Halloween takes off in Japan, it is also becoming a popular autumn sales theme. At ECC, Halloween is no longer simply a KEW cultural lesson. Halloween event lessons start the sign up campaign for t ...read more
Halloween event lessons have become a new sales promotion at ECC. Teachers are now under even more pressure to wear Halloween costumes.
The union believes that ECC should provide some ...read more
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