Showing posts with label Fuchu Kinkyu Hakenmura Union. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 11, 2016

We are glad to form a union!〜Filipino workers at Toshiba plant win demands




Filipino workers at Toshiba plant in Tokyo’s Fuchu City formed a union after their employer Nakamura Paint, which painted elevators for Toshiba, announced dismissal due to the plant closure as of March 31. The company lost in a bid for Toshiba Elevator’s outsourced work. The workers decided to join the Fuchu Emergency Hakenmura Union and established a branch, Kabisigi (“solidarity” in Tagalog). The members made an appeal in front of the company on March 16, raising a flag of Kabisigi high. The company agreed to a collective bargaining on March 25, when each union member told the company their sincere thoughts. In the end, the two parties agreed to a monetary settlement and the company was to issue a thank-you note to each member. A party to celebrate the victory was held on May 22. (By KAWANA Norio, Fuchu Kinkyu Hakenmura Union)
 See photo=Celebration party on May 22




 東芝府中工場のエレベーター塗装職場で働いていたフィリピン労働者は、雇用主(株)中村塗装店から「昨年末に東芝エレベーターから 競争入札の結果請負契約を 解除されたため、本年331日付けで東芝府中工場内の中村塗装店の事業所を閉鎖するので雇い止めする」こ とを通告された。彼らは府中緊急派遣村労働組合 に相談し、組合に加入して闘うことを決意し、10名でKABISIGI(カビシギ・団結の意味)分会を結成した。316日夕方退社時に彼 らは、東芝府中 工場南門でカビシギの旗を高々と掲げ、退社する労働者に彼らの要求を訴えた。325日中村塗装店との 団体交渉が行われ、11人 が切々と思いを訴えた。 その結果、カビシギは会社提案をベースに金銭解決に合意し、また会社は彼ら一人一人に感謝状を出すことを認めた。522日(日)府中の森 公園で、カビシ ギ祝勝パーティーが開かれた。(府中緊急派遣村労働組合 川名法男) 報告 * 写真=祝勝パーティ(5/22