Showing posts with label Zensho. Show all posts
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Friday, January 11, 2013

Increased Significance of Individual-Affiliated Unions: Zensho Apologizes for Rejecting Collective Bargaining




General Union of Young Workers in Tokyo (Shutoken Seinen Union) agreed with Zensho Co., the holding company of Sukiya beef-bowl chain, to settle the case where the restaurant operator had kept refusing to have collective bargaining sessions with the union. The settlement was finalized on December 21 at Tokyo District Court. The union had a news conference on December 25 at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. (Photo)  Part-time workers of Sukiya joined the union that is based on individual affiliation and had been struggling since 2007 to reclaim unpaid overtime and improve their working conditions in general. Zensho, however, kept refusing to have a collective bargaining session, claiming that an individual-affiliated union is not a qualified negotiating party. While Tokyo Metropolitan Labor Relations Commission and Central Labor Relations Commission ordered the company to have bargaining sessions with the union, Zensho filed a suit against Central Labor Relations Commission demanding for the dismissal of its ruling. The present settlement in favor of the union has reconfirmed the ever increasing importance of labor unions based on individual affiliation and community unions. Shutoken Seinen Union will make greater efforts to improve working conditions of non-regular workers. (YAMADA Shingo, Shutoken Seinen Union)


牛 丼すき家を経営する株式会社ゼンショーが労働組合・首都圏青年ユニオンとの団体交渉を拒否している件について、12月21日に東京地裁で和解が成立し、 25日に厚労省で記者会見が行われました(写真)。すき家で働くアルバイトたちがユニオンに加入し、残業代未払い是正など労働条件改善を求めていました が、ゼンショーは「個人加盟の労組は労組と認めない」として団交を拒否。この間、ゼンショーは、都労委・中労委と「ユニオンとの団交拒否は不当である」と 命令が出されたため、命令取消を求める行政訴訟も起こしていました。今回の和解を契機に、ローカルユニオンや一人でも入れる個人加盟労働組合の存在意義を さらに高め、非正規雇用労働者の労働条件を改善していく運動をますます旺盛に展開していきます。 (首都圏青年ユニオン・山田真吾) 報告・毎日新聞・しんぶん赤旗

Friday, March 9, 2012

General Union of Young Workers in Tokyo Wins Lawsuit against Sukiya



Tokyo District Court ordered Zensho Co, a gyudon chain, to respond faithfully to collective bargaining sessions with General Union of Young Workers in Tokyo (Shutoken Seinen Union). The company took the central labor commission in 2007 to court in demand for dismissing its ruling. Zensho’s defeat officially recognizes its illegal act to refuse collective bargaining sessions for the third time. Unlawful act by Japan’s number one restaurant operator should not be allowed. Zensho should immediately respond to the collective bargaining with the union. It is not easy for part-timers and casual workers to join a union for their rights, but the unionists will not give up. We are determined to continue the struggle until our rights are respected. We call on other casual workers and supporters never give up even if forced to work in a terrible working conditions and to stand up together. (By General Union of Young Workers)
  
全面敗訴!~首都圏青年ユニオンとの団交を命じる東京地裁判決

牛丼すき家を経営するゼンショーが、2007年以来、首都圏青年ユニオンとの団交を拒否していることに対して、すでに都労委命令、中労委命令が出ているが、中労委命令の取り消しを求める裁判で、原告のゼンショーが敗訴した。すき家・ゼンショーは、三度にわたり団交拒否の違法性が認定された。外食産業第一位企業の違法を許すことはできない。すき家・ゼンショーは、ただちに団交に応じるべきである。アルバイトやパート労働者が労働組合に加入してたたかうということは並大抵のことではない。しかし、私たちの組合員があきらめることはない。自らの生活と権利の獲得のために奮闘し続けることを決意している。私たちは、今回の裁判勝利を経て、さらにゼンショーの違法行為を厳しく糾弾するとともに、広く非正規労働者に、破壊的な労働環境でもあきらめずに立ち上がることを呼びかけるものである。(首都圏青年ユニオン)