TEPCO, compensate! Take responsibility for Fukushima! Protest against TEPCO – 2 years after nuclear disaster

TEPCO, compensate! Don’t evade responsibility! Many people protested the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, on March 11, 2013, the second anniversary of the earthquake and the nuclear disaster. They demanded that TEPCO compensate for victims of the disaster, take responsibility for workers at the plant exposed to radiation, clarify causes of the disaster, and not restart the Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. NASUBI, a member of the Network on Radiation-Exposed Labor, expressed his anger, saying, “A thorough cost reduction by TEPCO that has continued since autumn in 2012 seriously affects subcontractor workers at the Fukushima Plant with their safety neglected, and their wages and workforce reduced. TEPCO is even taking advantage of decontamination work that is led by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment. Surprisingly, the decontamination work in Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture, is subcontracted to Oze Corporation, a 100% subsidiary of TEPCO, which has received kickbacks for hazard pay that is offered by the ministry for decontamination workers. This is the nature of this company. We never forgive it”. (M)

 

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償え東電！福島を返せ！～原発事故から2年、東電本社前で責任追及

「償え、東電」逃げ切りは許さない。3.11から2年が経った2013年3月11日。東電前にはたくさんの市民が集まり、アピール行動を続けた。抗議はとくに「被害者への償い・被ばく労働者への責任・事故原因の究明・柏崎刈羽原発再稼働反対」の4点を訴えた。被ばく労働ネットワークのなすびさんは、「昨年秋からの東電の徹底したコストカットは、原発下請け労働者にしわ寄せされ、安全軽視・賃金カット・人員削減が起きている。また環境省が税金を使って除染作業をやっているが、東電はここでも私腹をこやしている。田村市の除染を請け負っている二次下請けは“尾瀬林業”で危険手当をピンハネしている。その会社はなんと100％東電の子会社だ。これがこの会社の体質。ぼくたちはけして許さない」と怒りをぶつけた。（M）