Tuesday, October 28, 2008

4600 Attend National Youth Grand Rally - Giving Momentum to the Youth-based Anti-Poverty Campaign




On October 5, National Youth Grand Rally 2008 for Job for Decent and Humane Life was held in response to the call from the Metropolitan Youth Union and Zenroren (National Confederation of Trade Unions) Youth Chapter among other organizations in Meiji Park, Tokyo, making a great success by attracting 4600 participants. Young workers gave talks from the podium, representing those struggling against disguised contracting by Panasonic Plasma Display Co., Ltd. (renamed from Matsushita Plasma), Nichia Corporation and Canon. The rally received solidarity speeches from Kazuyoshi Ikeda from Gaten-kei Rentai (Japan Construction and Transport Industry Workers Solidarity Union), Chie Matsumoto fighting against the disguised contracting by Herald Asahi, Makoto Yuasa from the Anti-Poverty Network, Karin Amamiya, an author, among others. A youth rally of this size is epoch making and the first one focused on the youth employment issue. The rally promised further surges of anti-poverty campaign driven by young people. Reporting: Makoto Kawazoe. See Metropolitan Youth Union HP and Animation (Kyoto Minpo).




 全国青年大集会に4600人~若者中心の「反貧困労働運動」にはずみ

 首都圏青年ユニオンや全労連青年部などがよびかけた「まともに生活できる仕事を!人間らしく働きたい!全国青年大集会2008」が10月5日、東京・明治公園で開かれ、4600名の参加で大成功だった。松下プラズマ・日亜化学・キヤノンの偽装請負とたたかう若者たちが壇上から発言した。集会では、ガテン系連帯の池田一慶さん、ヘラルド朝日の偽装請負とたたかう松元千枝さん、反貧困ネットワークの湯浅誠さん、作家の雨宮処凛さんらが連帯の挨拶を行なった。これだけの規模の若者の集会というのは画期的であり、若者の雇用問題に限った集会としては初めてである。若者中心の「反貧困労働運動」がこれからさらに盛り上がることを確信した集会だった。(河添誠)
首都圏青年ユニオンHP 動画(京都民報)

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