Emiko Teranishi (see the photo) Wins the Fourth Nakajima Tomio Prize from the Ryu Foundation for No More Karoshi

The foundation has selected Emiko Teranishi (see the photo) as the winner for this year of the prize granted by the Ryu Foundation for No More Karoshi (death due to overworking). In 1996, Ms. Teranishi's husband, then aged 49, committed suicide in his agony from overworking as the shop manager of an eating and drinking house Sobadokoro Takasho. It claimed five years for her to go through a struggle for having his death recognized as occupational disaster, followed by additional five and a half years for a civil case against the company, resulting in ten and a half years of her fight for bringing about a solution. After this, Ms. Teranishi has been active as the representative of the National Association of Bereaved Families for Examining Karoshi. In March 2009, she submitted a request for administrative document disclosure to the Osaka Labour Bureau, requesting names of companies responsible for karoshi cases to be publicized. The Labour Bureau, however, refused to publicize such company names on the ground that personal information be protected. In November of the same year, she went to the Osaka District Court for action against the government, requesting cancellation of the ruling for nondisclosure. In the award ceremony on August 1, there will be a talk by Ms. Teranishi as well as a memorial speech by Kenji Utsunomiya, representing the Anti-Poverty Network. (By Suda)

「過労死をなくそう！龍基金」第4回中島富雄賞に寺西笑子さん
「過労死をなくそう！龍基金」の今年の受賞者は、寺西笑子さん（写真）に決まった。寺西さんは、1996年に飲食店「そば処鷹匠」店長だった夫(49歳）を過労自殺で亡くした。この労災認定闘争に5年かかり、続いて会社相手の民事訴訟に5年半、解決するのに10年半も闘った。その後、寺西さんは「全国過労死を考える家族の会」代表として活躍。2009年3月には、大阪労働局に「過労死を出した企業名の公表」を求める行政文書開示請求を出した。しかし、労働局は個人情報などを理由に企業名公表を拒否したため、同年11月に国を相手取って不開示決定取り消しを求める訴訟を大阪地裁に起こして、闘っている。8月1日の授賞式では、寺西さんのお話と反貧困ネットワーク代表・宇都宮健児さんの記念講演もある。（須田）