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Check
out the events that Spring is supporting below:
On Saturday 3 May 2008 the Annual
Alternative Mayday Gathering and Parade
Organized by the Freeter'sGeneral Union will take place in
Okubo/Shinjuku, Tokyo
At
this event which is held in a community hall there will be organic food
and drink, info stalls set up
by various groups from in and around Tokyo focussing on the problems of
the Precariat and day to day living in Japan. Everything from labour
issues to having access to good quality food, leisure facilities,
education and health care as well as housing and secure
employment will be up for discussion at a gathering before a
parade/demonstration headed by a sound truck playing dance music heads
off from Okubo and makes it's way through Shinjuku.The event is
becoming more diverse and growing in size each year and we recommend
people to go down to the event, pick up some literature and participate
in the discussions. All this will be topped off by a party at Club Acid
from 9pm to 5am!
Schedule
1. Gathering
16:00-17:30 @ Okubo Community Center
2.
Demonstration 18:00-20:00 from Okubo to Shinjuku
3.
Party 21:00-29:00 @ CLUB ACID
Contact Address:
Freeter
Zenpan Roudou Kumiai (Freeters' General Union)
MK Bld. 2F
4-16-13
Nishi-shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo,
160-0023 Japan
TEL/FAX:
81-3-3373-0180 (from in-japan: 03-3373-0180)
E-mail: union(at)freeter-union.org
Click here for
the English language Website
Activities News
 The
March
in March was another success with
over 500 people demonstrating for equal rights and justice on
a beautiful, warm spring day in
Tokyo.With entertainment from Andean band Rupai Pays and a Brazilian
Capoeira performance the pre-march festivities
were accompanied by
speeches from Louis Carlet, Ippei Torii and Ali Nusrat of Zentoitsu,
Satoshi Murayama and Monica Nakahodo from the KCU Ms Takaya from SMJ
and the nambu FWC President Dave Ashton. El Pueblo Unido also
participated in the rally with a splendid version of Venceremos. After
two hours the march moved offf at 3pm to cut through the heart of
Shibuya with marchers echoing sprehicall chants from a sound truck at
the head. All in all a good day was had by those who attended and
everything passed without incident.
You
can check out some photography and video of the day by clicking here.
Photos from the March in March Sunday 9
March 2008
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
The March in March is
a multinational gathering
and protest march
that takes place each March. It began with foreign workers calling for
job security and an end to discrimination, but with the deteriorating
work environment in Japan “job security and equality” have become the
goals of not only foreigners but all who work in Japan. The government
claims to have created jobs, but the ranks of working poor and unstable
jobs (dispatch, part-time, temp, contract, subcontract, freelance) have
increased. The young, the elderly, foreigners and women live with
anxiety about their futures. Workaholic men work themselves literally
to death. Inequality and disparity do not make workers happy.
The March in March is
open to anyone who works or
lives in Japan. This year,over 500
people took to the streets in
Tokyo to demand a
stable work environment, free from illegal dismissals, unpaid wages, or
discrimination.
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