OPEN MEETINGS FOR NOVA TEACHERS AND STAFF 29 OCTOBER/EMERGENCY ADVICE FOR TEACHING STAFF
NOVA applies for Corporate Rehabilitation
IN THE CASE OF BANKRUPTCY
If, as feared, NOVA goes bankrupt, under the government Wage Protection Fund, 80% of owed salaries are recoverable.
GABA Workers Demand Dignity at Work
A General Union organizing project which started in January this year in cooperation with our sister union in Tokyo has borne fruit. On 6 September, GABA workers declared a union to their employer.
Union demands industry reform.NOVA problems force union to reexamine its demands for change
From the October 2007 edition of the National Union Voice
NOVA workers now have a new choice
From the National Union Voice On 30 September over 100 NOVA teachers and staff packed themselves into the small General Union offices in Temmabashi with similar numbers attending meetings over two days in Tokyo.
Mass NOVA Meeting at GU, 30 September
On 30 September over 100 NOVA teachers and staff packed themselves into the small General Union offices in Temmabashi with similar numbers attending meetings over two days in Tokyo. The big question that everyone asked was whether NOVA was going to go under.
Union members' complaint to the Labour Standards Office wins wage payment
Our claim at the Labour Standards Office over unpaid wages was very effective, and NOVA actually paid the wages. Yesterday, we were contacted by the Labour Standards Offices inspectors and were told that NOVA would pay all outstanding wages owed to teachers.
OPEN NOVA MEETING FOR TEACHERS & STAFFSunday, 30 Sept. from 8:15pm at union office in Temmabashi
This is a letter which was posted to the Japan Times in regards to an article about NOVA printed on 25 September.
GU seeks clarification of ECC's Childcare Leave Policy
The ECC branch has submitted questions over childcare leave.
ECC informed the GU that full time instructors are eligible. Demands were then submitted that childcare leave be included in the the full time instructor work code. ECC has answered.
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