Foundation to support part-time and casual workers in Kanagawa Pref.

　In this recession, many workers lost their jobs, or are unfairly
dismissed or have their rights deprived. Some of them join a trade union
and succeed in solving their problems through collective bargaining, but
many others are still alone and exposed to unfair attack by their
employers. More and more individual workers try to defend their rights
by using the individual labor dispute settlement system (industrial
judgment) that began three years ago. However, it is necessary for them
to prepare down payment to a lawyer, and a foundation to loan it was
opened mainly by trade unions in Kanagawa Prefecture. A gathering “To
utilize foundation to support part-time and casual workers ? Don’t be
silent or silenced!” was held at a meeting room of the Minatomachi
Clinic near Yokohama Railway Station in the afternoon of August 1, 2009,
joined by about 20 persons. (Reported by TM)


神奈川で非正規労働者支援基金が創設されるー泣き寝入りをしない、させない運
動を！
　いま大不況のもとで多くの労働者が職を失い、不当に解雇されたり、権利を奪わ
れたりしている。労働組合に入り、団体交渉で解決できる場合もあるが、非正規
労働者が個人で経営者の不当な攻撃にさらされるケースも多い。3年前に始まっ
た個別労働紛争処理制度（労働審判）を利用して個人の労働者が権利を防衛しよ
うとする闘いが増大している。だが、労働審判を弁護士が助けるために着手金等
の費用が必要で、それを貸し付ける基金が神奈川県で労働組合が中心になって作
られた。8月1日午後、「非正規労働者支援基金活用の集い―泣き寝入りをしない、
させない運動を広げよう！」が横浜駅に近い港町診療所の会議室で開かれ、関係
者ら約20名が参加した。（報道部・ＴＭ）