What is going on in ready-mixed concrete industry in Kansai?

There has been something strange in the Kansai area since January this year. Those who are notorious for hate speech demonstrate on two large vehicles with large volume not only in Osaka City but also in the neighboring Wakayama and Kyoto Prefectures. Surprising is that some executive members of the Osaka Wide-Area Ready-Mixed Concrete Industry Cooperative join the demonstration by the neo-Nazis. They target the Kansai Destrict Ready-Mixed Concrete Local of the Zennikken Solidarity Union. On January 22, 2018, a group of the neo-Nazis and the executive members tried to rush into the building of the Zennikken Solidarity Union, resulting in injuries of some trade union members. What is happening there? Why does the industry cooperative, whose principle is mutual support to confront despotism of big businesses, collaborate with those who repeat antisocial behaviors? We produced a video to probe into the reality and problems. (Zennikken Solidarity Union)  

 Video (10 minutes)  * Photo: Executive members of the Osaka Wide-Area Ready-Mixed Concrete Industry Cooperative (front) and a group of the neo-Nazis　

緊急動画公開：いま関西の生コン業界で、なにがおきているのか

今年1月から、関西で異様な光景が連日くりひろげられている。ヘイトスピーチで悪名をはせた人物たちが大型の宣伝カー2台を乗り回し、大音量で街頭宣伝を行って、街中を練り歩いているのだ。その行く先は大阪市内をはじめ、和歌山、京都などに及ぶ。異様なのは、生コン業者団体の一部の幹部たちが一緒になってその活動に参加していることだ。かれらの行動の標的は連帯ユニオン関西地区生コン支部。1月22日には、ネオナチの一群と大阪広域生コン協組の一部執行部が連帯ユニオンの会館に乱入を図り、組合員にけがを負わせる事件までおきている。いったい、なにがおきているのか？ 大企業の横暴と対抗するための相互扶助を理念にした協同組合。その業者団体が、どうして反社会的な活動をくりかえす人物たちと手を結ぶのか。その実情と問題点を追う動画を作成した。（提供：全日本建設運輸連帯労働組合） 

動画（10分）　＊写真＝大阪広域生コン協組の一部執行部（写真前の方）とネオナチの一群

No to the union-busting by Neo-Nazi group members!

On February 9th, Zennikken Solidarity Union called an emergency meeting, “The despicable attack on the union is not allowed!” at Rengo (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) headquarters in Tokyo. The purpose of the meeting was to report on the libelous article by Weekly Bunshun magazine aiming to obstruct the union activities and on the violent attack case where an extreme nationalist group broke into the union office. There were more than 200 participants in the meeting. The facts about the strike by workers of the MK Transport Co. in Yamatokoriyama City in Nara Prefecture were falsely reported and trivialized by the Weekly Bunshun released at the end of the last year. In 2013, a labor union was formed for the purpose of demanding the reduction of long working hours and the correction of illegal truck operation management. The case is still under dispute.  “Today is the 436^th day since we staged a walkout on the day following the attack on the union division leader. The MK Transport Division of the Zennikken Solidarity Union is a group of 10 workers, all of whom have continued to strike together.” said a union member, OYAMA powerfully. A nine minute footage depicting the background of the attack was shown for the first time. Since January 2018, some executives of the Osaka Wide Area Ready-mixed Concrete Cooperative have colluded with an extreme nationalist group led by a Neo-Natzi, SETO Hiroyuki  and others. They broke into the office of the Kansai Region Ready-mixed Concrete Cooperative Union to intimidate and assault the Union. They are also sending messages defaming the Union on the Net day after day. (TSUCHIYA Tokachi)

ネオナチを使った組合つぶしは許さない！〜全日建連帯労組が緊急集会

2月9日、東京・連合会館で「闘争妨害の週刊文春報道、排外主義団体による組合事務所乱入・暴行事件〜卑劣な組合攻撃を許さない緊急報告集会」が開催された。参加者は200名を超えた。当初予定していた90名の会議室があふれ、急遽大会議室へ移動となる盛況ぶり。関心の高さがうかがえた。昨年末発売された「週刊文春」の記事によって、事実を歪曲・矮小化した報道をされたエム・ケイ運輸事件（本社・奈良県大和郡山市）。2013年、長時間労働や違法な運行管理の是正を求めて組合が結成され、現在も争議中だ。組合員の尾山さんは「分会長襲撃事件の翌日から開始したストライキは今日で436日目。分会は10名で、一人も欠けずに闘争中。必ず勝利する」と力強く語った。事件の背景を語る約9分の映像も初披露された。2018年1月から、大阪広域生コンクリート協同組合の一部執行部は、ネオナチの瀬戸弘幸氏らが率いる排外主義団体と結託。関西地区生コン支部事務所への乱入、恫喝、暴行事件とネットによる誹謗中傷を連日行っている。（土屋トカチ）