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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Quake Hotline to protect jobs - unpaid layoffs spread nationwide!
Individual-affiliated unions across the nation set up “Quake Hotline to protect jobs” on March 26 to cope with the spread of unpaid layoffs after the East JapanGreat Earthquake. Nagoya Fureai Union was in charge of Aichi Prefecture and received 24 consultations related to the Earthquake. A part-time women worker complained that her employer told her to take a leave of absence and wait for a recall, butdidn’t call back, so she couldn’t pay her rent. A temping agency worker was told that he would get paid only for the days he had worked and could not make ends meet.All these claims were from areas not affected by the earthquake and their employers were not suffering direct damage from the quake.
(SAKAI Toru)
Photo: Nagoya Fureai Union
家賃払えない!広がる無給休業~「雇用を守る震災ホットライン」
東日本大震災を受けて、被災地のみならず全国的に労働者が無給での休業を強いられている事態を受け、個人加盟制の労働組合が3月26日、全国いっせいに「雇用を守る震災ホットライン」を開設して労働相談を受け付けた。愛知県の相談を受け付けた「名古屋ふれあいユニオン」には震災関連の相談が24件あった。内容は、「『電話がかかってくるまで休んでいて』と言われたきり、連絡がない」(パート女性)とか「社員でないので(仕事に)出た分しか(給料は)もらえないと言われた」(派遣男性)どといったもので、「家賃も払えない」(パート女性)、「生活が成り立たない」(派遣男性)などの悲痛な訴えもあった。その全てが、被災地と違い、勤務先の施設や設備が直接的な被害を受けていないケースである。(酒井徹) *写真=名古屋ふれあいユニオン
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