In protest against across-the-board dismissal based on age: Examination of an witness at court

On November 12, 2014, the fourth examination of a witness of a lawsuit over the age of retirement of casual postal workers was held at the Tokyo District Court. The 77-year old plaintiff who was working at the Mitaka Post Office in a suburb of Tokyo said, referring to his recent experience to climb up Japan’s third highest mountain (Mt. Okuhotaka) alone, “I have done my best to anything, based on my motto ‘No work, no pay’. This dismissal is just like I am told, ‘It is meaningless for you to work’. The only reason of my dismissal is that I reached the age of 65. Such a discharge is unreasonable”. (NIWA Yoshiko)

<http://www.labornetjp.org/news/2014/1112yusei> Report　

* Photo: Appeal in front of the court

「年齢による一律解雇は理不尽だ」～郵政65歳裁判証人尋問行われる

１１月１２日、「郵政非正規社員の『定年制』無効裁判」の第４回証人尋問が、東京地裁５２７号法廷で行われました。三鷹局原告の７７歳のＯさんは、「最後に言いたいことは？」との問いに対し、９月に日本で３番めに高い奥穂高岳に一人で登ったことを述べ、「体力には自信がある。私は、『働かざる者食うべからず』という規範の下で、どの仕事にも最善を尽くしてきた。この解雇は『あなたが働くことには意味がない』と言われたも同然だ。解雇の理由は単に６５歳を超えたという一点のみ。年齢による一律解雇は理不尽だ」と、思わず涙ぐみながら陳述しました。（丹羽良子）