World campaign against Toyota～fight against Toyota’s human rights violation with international solidarity

Toyota Motors Philippine Corporation Workers Association President Ed Cubelo and Vice President Wenecito Urgel visited Japan on Sept. 19 to tour Nagoya, Toyoda and other cities in Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo for the fifth World Campaign against Toyota. Toyota dismissed four union members including the vice president in March, when ILO handed the Filipino government recommendations to resolve the disputes at an earlier date and the Philippines Department of Labor began arbitration. About 70 people from TMPCWA Support Group gathered in front of Toyota’s Tokyo headquarters and submitted a protest letter on the last day of the campaign on Sept. 22. After the solidarity day action, President Cubelo declared at a rally to build international solidarity to fight against Toyota and its neglect of human rights.WEB site of TMCPWA By T.M.


トヨタの人権無視を国際連帯で跳ね返そうー反トヨタ世界キャンペーン
フィリピントヨタ労組（ＴＭＰＣＷＡ）のエド委員長とウェニー副委員長が来日して9月19日から名古屋、豊田市、神奈川、そして東京と第５回反トヨタ世界キャンペーンをくりひろげた。3月にＩＬＯがフィリピン政府に早期解決を勧告し、フィリピン雇用省が調停に始めたその時に、トヨタは8月2日ウェニー副委員長を含む4名の組合員を解雇した。キャンペーン最終日の22日、東京飯田橋のトヨタ東京本社前にＴＭＰＣＷＡを支援する会のメンバーら約70名が集まり、トヨタに抗議の申し入れを行った。この後近くのＳＫ会館で連帯集会が開かれ、エド委員長は「トヨタの人権無視を労働者の国際連帯で跳ね返そう」と宣言した。（Ｔ．Ｍ） ・フィリピントヨタ労組（ＴＭＰＣＷＡ）

2/16 Tokyo Collective Action: Joint Action Held With Non-Permanent and Foreign Workers

On February 16th, I covered and participated in the Tokyo Collective Action, a joint action involving the unions and individuals in the disputes against the layoffs and attempts to crush unionism. Unions included the Keihin Hotel Union, who had been fighting hotel closure by running the hotel independently of management, and Brazilian workers from the Kanagawa City Union (see photo). Others were also present such as Tsutomu Yoshioka, involved in the dispute against the use of contract workers who do not have the benefits of labor hire workers, Fukuzou Honda, a worker who was laid off during his trial period, and the National Railway Workers, who have been fighting for over 22 years against the privatization of rail. Those involved in the Toyota Philippines dispute also participated. It was an invigorating day and I felt that the global campaign to build joint action between non-permanent and foreign workers was gaining strength in Japan’s labor movement (Reported by Osamu Kimura).

2・16東京総行動～非正規・外国人労働者との共同行動すすむ
　2月16日、全ての争議組合・個人が共同して首切り・組合つぶしと闘う東京総行動に参加、取材しました。ホテル閉鎖に対して自主営業で闘ってきた京品ホテル労働組合、そして神奈川シティユニオンのブラジル人労働者（写真）がいました。また、偽装請負と闘う吉岡力さん、試用期間中解雇と闘う本田福蔵さん、分割民営化から22年を数える国鉄労働者。そしてフィリピン・トヨタの闘い等々。しだいに日本の労働運動が非正規、外国人労働者そして国際的な共同行動をつくりながら、力を増しつつあることを実感させる一日でした。（木村修）