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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Never Meekly Accept It - Takeshi Kitagawa, a Fixed-term Employee at Honda Motor Rises
A trade union for protecting the rights of fixed term employees has been organized at Honda Motors Co., Ltd. Union Mie Honda Unit. On February, Union Mie publicly presented its member Mr. Takeshi Kitagawa (at the right in the photo) to submit a letter of request to the headquarters of Honda. Mr. Kitagawa's appeal says, "Why are we "term" employees put in a weak position? It is because we are not organized in a union, I suppose. A labor union is not a privilege only granted to regular employees. It is a right granted to all workers under Article 28 of the Constitution of Japan."
* Photo = A scene from a press briefing at the prefectural office.
泣き寝入りはしない~本田技研期間工・北川剛さん立ち上がる
期間契約社員の権利を守るための労働組合が本田技研で結成されました。ユニオンみえ・ホンダユニットです。ユニオンみえは2月10日、北川剛組合員(写真右)を公然化させ、ホンダ本社に要求書を提出しました。北川さんは訴えます。「私たち“期間”はなぜ弱いのでしょうか。1760人もいるのに会社の言いなりで泣き寝入りしなくてはならないのでしょうか。それは一人一人がばらばらで、労働組合に入っていないからではないでしょうか。労働組合は正社員にだけ認められた特権ではありません。憲法28条ですべての労働者に認められている権利です」。 *写真=県庁記者会見
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