Tokyo District Court should respond to the desperate appeal of non-regular employees!

Just before the verdict on March 23, Labornet TV aired on Feb. 8 the program, “End discrimination! Win the Metro Commerce lawsuit!” Being asked the present sentiment, the Metro Commerce union president USHIRO Ryoko said, “It was so hard for non-regular employees to file a lawsuit. We don’t have enough time because we are working. Besides, we have no money. Under such condition we have been fighting for 2 years and 8 months, but to tell the truth, we borrowed money to bring this suit, at the risk of our lives…."　Then she was filled with emotion and could not continue her words. “Come on!” a voice broke out from the gallery. Ushiro pulled herself together and continued: “We have been insisting at the risk of our lives that what is strange is strange. We believe that justice is with us. We wish the court to write the verdict sincerely. The court should show justice.” The vendors of Tokyo Metro station kiosks had no choice but to accept the wage, which was half of the regular employees for doing the same work for more than 10 years. Labornet TV program No.113 became one filled with song, anger and tears.  (By M)

「裁判所は非正規の命がけの訴えに応えよ！」～レイバーネットTVで後呂委員長

2月8日のレイバーネットTVは、3月23日の判決を目前にして「非正規差別なくせ！メ

トロコマース裁判～歌でかちとれ 勝利判決」を放送した。今の思いを聞かれて後呂

良子メトロコマース支部委員長（写真左）はこう語った。「非正規が裁判を起こすこ

とは大変だった。働いているから時間もない。お金もない。その中で2年8カ月たた

かってきたが、じつは借金をして提訴したんです。命がけで提訴したんです……」。

思いがこみ上げて後呂さんはここで絶句してしまった。ギャラリーから「ガンバレ」

の声が上がる。後呂さんは気を取り直して続けた。「私たちは命がけでおかしいこと

はおかしいと言ってきた。私たちに正義があると思っている。裁判所は私たちの正義

に対して本気で判決を書き、本気で判決を言い渡してほしい。裁判所は正義を見せる

べきだ」と。同じ仕事で賃金が半分という現実を10年以上強いられてきた東京メトロ

売店員。レイバーネットTV第113号放送は、歌と怒りと涙に満ちた番組となった。

（レイバーネットTVプロジェクト）

Union members urge Japan Post, an evil company, to settle all disputes

Staff with poor sales records are forced to stand on a stage to be bullied by managers in front of all the colleagues in office meetings; the sales quotas imposed on employees are unrealistically high; managers threaten staff by yelling at them all the time: These are examples of manifestation of the extraordinary workforce management in Japan Post, one of the largest evil employers in Japan, that have driven some of its employees into suicide from overwork. One out of six board members of the company are aged 65 or above, but 13000 non-regular workers of those ages were terminated the employment because, according to the company, “workers older than 65 are inferior to younger ones in terms of capability and tend to cause accidents.” The company is currently involved in nearly 20 cases of labor disputes and law suits. Meanwhile, the company is planning to list on the stock market in fall this year. Workers of the Japan Post started a campaign on June 17 to demand settlement of all the labor disputes before the stock listing. More than 100 workers and supporters participated in the sit-in in front of the main office, but the company fueled the anger of them by refusing the demand statement from them. In the rally held on the day, it was revealed that the chief of a post office in Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture, had threatened the collection and delivery staff by saying “I have killed a staff member working for me before.” The chief named Sukegawa is the manager who was supervising the worker of a post office in Saitama who committed suicide from overwork in 2010. Workplaces in the Japan Post are indeed abnormal. （by M）　

Photos  Video (21min., no subtitles)

日本郵政に対して「全争議を解決せ よ！」と迫る
 

 見 せしめのお立ち台、営業ノルマ、怒鳴りあげる管理者。異常な労務管理のもとで、過労自死が起きている日本郵政の職場。役員の6人が1人が65歳以上にもか かわらず、「65歳 を超えると能力が劣り事故が増える」という理由で、非正規社員13000人 を「65歳雇い止め解雇」した日本郵政。いまや20近くの争 議・裁判が起きている労働者使い捨て企業だ。こんななか会社は今秋に株式上場を計画している。郵政労働者は、「株式上場などとんでもない。まずは全争議を解決せ よ」と迫るキャンペーンを6月17日 に開始した。本社前には100人以上がズラリと座りこんだ。会社は要請書 さえ受け取りを拒否する態度で、改めて参加者 の怒りを買った。またこの日の集会で、さいたまの「過労自死」に関係していた助川・古河郵便局長が「俺は一人殺したことがある」と集配職員を脅迫したこと が明らかにされた。異常な職場である。（M）  
写真速報・動画（21分）