Stop exploitation of working students! Campaign against evil companies employing student part-timers kicked off

“I am asked to take part in more shifts even during exam periods.” “They force us to buy dead stocks.” “I have not been paid for several months.” “I was demanded to compensated for the loss caused by my mistake.” “Upon leaving, I was told to pay the cost for advertisement to recruit the successor.” - 'Evil companies' was a topic much discussed in media and in the society in general last year. Many university and high school students working part-time to earn tuition and/or living are also faced with various abuses by the employers. They are forced to accept unlawful working conditions and often fall ill physically and/or mentally as a result. Now, it's time for conscientious citizens to raise voice against such evil employers and corner them with public opinion and movement. We have launched a campaign against exploitative employers of working students. During the campaign scheduled to last until December, we will carry out research on the situations of and offer consultations to students victimized by evil employers. We aim to reveal what those evil companies do to students and put them under severe criticism from media and the general public.   (Excerpt of Call for Action by the campaign organizers)    

「ブラックバイト」横行を許さない！～「全国ブラックバイト告発キャンペーン」スタート

「テスト期間中なのに、『がんばってシフトに入って く れ』と言われる」「売れ残りの商品を買わされる」「バイト代 が数ヶ月払われていない」「仕事のミスを理由に損害賠償を請求された」「辞めたいと言ったら『求人広告費を払え』と言われた」。昨年、 「ブラック企業」が社会問題化したことに続いて、大学生・高校生に違法な働かせ方 を強要し、使い潰す「ブラックバイト」が社会問題になっています。今こそ「ブラックバイト」が横行する現状に声をあげ、世論と運動で包囲 することが求められています。私たちは、2014年9月～12月を「全国ブラックバイ ト告発キャンペーン」期間として、全国的な実態調査、労働相談活動をおこない、「ブラックバイト」の実態を告発し、社会的に包囲する運動 をつくっていきたいと思います。（呼びかけより） 全文・キャンペーンHP

Workers fighting against evil companies that snapped back at unions

 

 Some 120 people, including a unionist from Turkey, attended an event titled, “Workers fighting against evil companies—Part II,” on May 18. Union members reported their struggles and their commitment to their struggles. An Osaka City worker, who is resisting tyrannical Osaka mayor said that his workplace turned into a place where workers cannot speak of their minds for fear that they would be reported and reprimanded. A union member of Suki-ya, a Japanese fast-food chain, revealed that the company refused to re-employ union members after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Another one at Miyako Mainichi Shimbun Union said that the company president forced union members to remain seated all day without any work assigned except when going to the washroom. Tour guides reported on their company, Hankyu Travel Support, and how it sued the union president for responding to an interview and stopped assigning him any work. A former KDDI phone operator reported how her company suspended all  business operations and dismissed workers for establishing a union. The last but not least case was a school office worker who was arrested for demanding that the principal attend a collective bargaining session. All struggles were unbelievably strange. (By KITA Kenichi)
Photo: A union member from Suki-ya

 

 ブラック企業に立ち向かう仲間たち～逆ギレなんてとんでもない！

 5月18日、「ブラック企業に立ち向かう仲間たちの集会」、通​称・逆ギレ集会part2が開かれました。橋下市政下で​のストをはじめ、ブラック企業 ・使用者に対抗する現場か​らのプロテストが次々に紹介され、深い想いが語られ、互​いに元気をもらう、感動的な集会になりました。トルコの組合活動家を含む、120人が参加しました。

「密告を恐れ、ものが言えない」（大阪市）、「震災の支​援からも外された」（宮城県内のすき家）、「仕事を与え​ず『 トイ レ以外立つな』と1日中椅子に座らせた」（宮古​毎日）、取材に応じたことを口実に組合支部長から仕事を​すべて取り上げた（阪急トラベルサポート）、組合をつくったら業務を廃止​し職場全員解雇された（KDDIエボルバ）、挙句の果て​は「校長との団交を理由に逮捕された」（がくろう神奈​）など、駆け つけた仲間たちから明かされた攻撃は、信じ​がたいほど異常なものばかりでした。（北健一） 　＊写真＝登壇した「すき家」とたたかう仲間