Labor commission orders Nestle's Japan to revoke dismissal of workers

A local labor relations commission recognized disciplinary dismissal of union members by the Nestle Japan Holding Ltd., a branch of the Swiss multinational corporation, as an unfair labor practice and ordered the company to reinstate the workers.

The Ibaraki Prefectural Labor Relations Commission on June 26 issued a relief order to Nestle stating that the company's claim and evidence fail to prove violent acts by the workers. The commission ordered the company to restore them to their former positions and pay them wages they were supposed to receive during their absence from the office.

In 2001, Nestle dismissed two members of the Nestle Japan Labor Union claiming that they assaulted their managers during the union's protest. Insisting that they did not commit such violence, those unionized workers brought the case to the Ibaraki Labor Relations Commission. (end)