Withdraw the dismissal! 3.1 strike action by public workers union

On March 1, 2016, the Tokyo Public Service General Workers Union that organizes non-regular government employees launched a strike in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building with labor and peace songs. The demand was the withdrawal of unlawful dismissal of NAKAJIMA Sachiko, a lecturer at a CAD (computer-aided design) drawing class of a vocational technical school and the leader of the union. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has abolished or outsourced many classes at the schools and dismissed many part-time instructors. The union has approximately 3,000 members, and her dismissal is a part of union-busting. The strike was joined by 111 members of various trade unions, such as the National Federation of Prefectural and Municipal Workers’ Unions, the Shinjuku Ward Union Federation, and dismissed JAL (Japan Airlines) workers. Nakajima expressed her determination to continue the struggle. The case of CAD classes is in trial at the Labour Committee of the Tokyo District Court. (M)

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中嶋委員長の解雇を撤回せよ！～公共一般労組が3.1ストライキ行動

青空のもと東京都庁前に組合旗がひるがえり、「労働歌」や「平和」の歌声が響き渡った。3月1日昼、自治体職場で働く非正規労働者を組織する「東京公務公共一般労組」がストライキ行動を行った。要求は、職業訓練校CAD製図科の講師であった中嶋祥子委員長の不当解雇撤回だ。東京都はこの間、職業訓練校の廃科・民間委託を進めており、多数の非常勤講師が雇い止めにされてきた。約3000人を擁する公共一般。中嶋祥子委員長への解雇は組合つぶしを狙ったものでもある。この日の集会には、自治労連、新宿区労連、JALなどの争議団をはじめ、さまざまな労組団体メンバー111人が集まり、抗議の声を上げた。中嶋委 員長も「民間委託はだめだと訴え続ける」と決意を表明した。CAD争議は、原告3人で地裁・労働委員会で係争中だ。（M） 
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