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Fair pay and conditions
Collective bargaining

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.

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)

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New Agreement Strengthens Union Members' Rights @ ECC - 10 Feb 2010 - english - ECC

One of the oldest General Union branches, ECC, has become the first union branch at a major eikaiwa chain to win a union dues check off agreement with their employer. Union members now have the option ...read more

Workplace Health and Safety- Evacuation Procedures - 1 Feb 2010 - english - ECC

Workplace health and safety is something that is often overlooked in the eikaiwa industry. Concerned about the limited information regarding emergency evacuation procedures at ECC, the union has conti ...read more

Bringing an end to the ALP lottery system! - 25 Jan 2010 - bilingual - ECC

Union members working in Chubu no longer need to use the ALP lottery system. After recent negotiations, ECC answered that members who do not want to participate in the lottery system simply need to su ...read more

2010 Academic Year Negotiations Start - 18 Jan 2010 - english - ECC

Negotiations with ECC for the 2010 Academic Year commenced today. The union is continuing its basic stance from the 2009 Academic Year.

1. That ECC takes measures to implement a permane ...read more

My contract is for 29.5 hours. Can I get shakai hoken @ ECC? - 24 Sep 2009 - english - ECC

The answer is YES.

In 2005, the union started campaigning for health and pension rights at ECC, and in July 2006 ECC agreed to start offering shakai hoken enrollment to instructors with ...read more