Keep Keihin Hotel open! No to closure and redundancies!

The Keihin branch of Tokyo Union received notice on October 20 from the Keihin Hotel (located in front of Shinagawa station, Tokyo) that all 130 employees would be made redundant and the hotel closed due to its ailing business from the Lehman bankruptcy. The Union is fighting back with their demands that the hotel be kept open and management reinstate the workers. On the evening of the 20th, approximately 100 people gathered, including supporters and media, to protest in front of the hotel (see photo). The Chair of the union angrily spoke out against the management’s actions: “Everyone has families to support. Why should workers have to foot the bill for management’s recklessness?” Some women workers were in tears as they protested. The Union is occupying the Hotel while, at the same time, applying for an injunction on the 21st to uphold their demands. Source: Freeter Workers Union online magazine and Keihin Hotel occupiers’ blog.

京品ホテルの存続を～私たちは廃業も首切りも許さない
　東京・品川駅前にある「京品（けいひん）ホテル」は、組合（東京ユニオン京品支部）に対して、リーマン破綻にからんだ経営不振を理由に10月20日付けで130名全員解雇・廃業を通告してきた。これに対し、組合はホテルの存続と解雇撤回を要求してたたかっている。20日午後6時からのホテル前抗議集会には支援者・マスコミなど約100名が集まった（写真）。当該労組委員長は「みんな家族を抱えている。放漫経営でクビなど絶対に許されない。ワリを食うのは労働者だけか!」と怒りに声をふるわせた。女性従業員は泣きながら訴えた。組合はホテルに泊まり込む一方、21日には地位保全の仮処分を申請し「解雇撤回・ホテル存続」を求めていく。
・フリーター労組メルマガ・ブログ「京品ホテル、自主営業中!」