April 11, 2014
Japan’s two major national centers of labor unions, the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren) and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), confirmed the need to work together to block a bill to adversely revise the Worker Dispatch Law from being enacted within the current session of the Diet.
Called on by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA), leaders of Zenroren, Rengo, and the National Trade Union Council (Zenrokyo) as well as lawmakers of the Japanese Communist Party, the Democratic Party of Japan and the Social Democratic Party on April 10 met together in the Members’ Office Building of the House of Representatives.
Ogawa Hideo addressing the issue of poverty at the JFBA said, “Our organization disagrees with the bill” and warned, “Temporary labor is an exceptional category of work but it could expand to be a general or universal pattern of employment.”
Zenroren Vice Secretary General Inoue Hisashi pointed out, “The bill, if enacted, will further facilitate the replacement of full-time regular employees with contingent workers, resulting in the spread of the disposable use of labor.”
Ito Akihisa, director of Rengo’s employment law department, also expressed concern, “Many could end up as lifelong temporary and part-time workers receiving low pay.”
Zenrokyo Chair Kanazawa Hisashi said, “The labor law supposedly on the books to protect the interests of workers will be revised to serve the interests of business managers.”
Japanese Communist Party member Koike Akira (Upper House) and Takahashi Chizuko (Lower House) took part in this meeting. Koike called on the three trade unions to join forces to work to put a stop to the bill by saying, “The government is going to abandon the principle limiting the use of contingent work only as a provisional stopgap, leading to a society of lifelong makeshift jobs with no permanent employees.”
Past related articles:
> Block Abe’s attempt to destroy labor laws in 2014 spring struggle [February 20, 2014]
> Japan bar association holds rally to oppose relaxation of labor laws [December 14, 2013]
Called on by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA), leaders of Zenroren, Rengo, and the National Trade Union Council (Zenrokyo) as well as lawmakers of the Japanese Communist Party, the Democratic Party of Japan and the Social Democratic Party on April 10 met together in the Members’ Office Building of the House of Representatives.
Ogawa Hideo addressing the issue of poverty at the JFBA said, “Our organization disagrees with the bill” and warned, “Temporary labor is an exceptional category of work but it could expand to be a general or universal pattern of employment.”
Zenroren Vice Secretary General Inoue Hisashi pointed out, “The bill, if enacted, will further facilitate the replacement of full-time regular employees with contingent workers, resulting in the spread of the disposable use of labor.”
Ito Akihisa, director of Rengo’s employment law department, also expressed concern, “Many could end up as lifelong temporary and part-time workers receiving low pay.”
Zenrokyo Chair Kanazawa Hisashi said, “The labor law supposedly on the books to protect the interests of workers will be revised to serve the interests of business managers.”
Japanese Communist Party member Koike Akira (Upper House) and Takahashi Chizuko (Lower House) took part in this meeting. Koike called on the three trade unions to join forces to work to put a stop to the bill by saying, “The government is going to abandon the principle limiting the use of contingent work only as a provisional stopgap, leading to a society of lifelong makeshift jobs with no permanent employees.”
Past related articles:
> Block Abe’s attempt to destroy labor laws in 2014 spring struggle [February 20, 2014]
> Japan bar association holds rally to oppose relaxation of labor laws [December 14, 2013]
