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Application Form
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. Contact the General Union. Are you joining due to a current employment problem? How did you first hear of the General Union? Would you be willing to distribute union materials to your friends and co-workers? Are you able to forward the union's e-news to your friends and colleagues. Form Powered by Serr.biz.
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Has Your Company Banned Your Laptop?
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. Has Your Company Banned Your Laptop? Contact the General Union. Has Your Company Banned Your Laptop? In Miyagi Prefecture, one major dispatch company has been informing its High School instructors that the Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education has told them that ALTs are NOT permitted to take their personal laptop (or tablets, etc) to their assigned schools. Is this an issue that is personally harming your ability to do your job? Has this...
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Ritsumeikan University changes part-time employment system
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. Ritsumeikan University changes part-time employment system. Contact the General Union. Ritsumeikan University changes part-time employment system. Universities that rely largely upon part-time teachers on one year contracts have reacted with hostility to the new law which they believe threatens the flexibility of their labour-force. The Abe government has since amended the new law to extend the period to 10 years for teachers and other po...
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Laws and Rights
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. Contact the General Union. A Guide To Privacy Laws In Japan. We've previously discussed privacy rights in regards to things like the " My Number. System, being recorded or photographed at work. Drug testing, medical checks, and various other situations in which a person's right to privacy might be violated by an employer or other entity. Bicycles, Insurance, and Laws (Oh My! Does Your Employer Have The Right To Record Video Of You? Recent...
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Changing Your Residence Status? You Don't Always Need To Leave Japan
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. Changing Your Residence Status? You Don't Always Need To Leave Japan. Contact the General Union. Changing Your Residence Status? You Don't Always Need To Leave Japan. While many companies may insist that you absolutely have to leave Japan in order to invalidate a Working Holiday Visa or a Tourist Visa, and then apply for a "Work Visa" (Instructor Visa / Specialist in Humanities Visa), this is not the case. The keywords here, however, are ".
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Union Dues
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. Contact the General Union. If you are not a current member please click here. And send an application form first. If you are joining the Union with a specific problem, depending on the circumstances and the severity of your problem, you may be required to pay one year of dues upfront. Union Dues: 500-3000 yen per month. Your dues rate is set according to your average monthly salary including bonuses. Please see the chart below.
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Sexual Harassment
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. Contact the General Union. Sexual Harassment in Eikaiwa Hits Newspapers. The Japan Times has published another article. Sexual harassment by students in eikawa. Did you hear about the student who spent the entire lesson with his fly undone, sharing his flowery purple underwear with the world? How about the one about the student who followed his instructor home? It doesn't have quite the same ring to it. Hey! In response to a number of inc...
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The ultimate ECC mediation FAQ: What is mediation, anyways??
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. The ultimate ECC mediation FAQ: What is mediation, anyways? Contact the General Union. The ultimate ECC mediation FAQ: What is mediation, anyways? 1 What happens at mediation? 2 What is the Labor Commission? 3 So what’s the big deal about ECC accepting? Two things. First is that they have always refused mediation with us in the past Your offer of either mediation OR strike made them accept. 4 Is this mediation binding? No ECC could have r...
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On employers, lies and laws – more lessons from Takatsuki BoE
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. On employers, lies and laws more lessons from Takatsuki BoE. Contact the General Union. On employers, lies and laws more lessons from Takatsuki BoE. In a law-abiding country, everybody (without exception) should follow the law - even if you do not agree with it. However, the behavior of Takatsuki city officials and its BoE that AETs at Takatsuki have seen and experienced are very different from the actions of a law-abiding government.
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Latest News
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Jump to main navigation and login. Jump to additional information. Contact the General Union. Berlitz Japan: automatic dues checkoff starts. This month we submitted our list of the first union members at Berlitz Japan who will be having their monthly union dues deducted directly from their salaries and submitted to the union by the company once per month. This is called a "dues checkoff system". No more duck and cover at Gaba. In PDF and send it on to your friends. The General Union has, in the past, loc...
