The National Union Voice includes news from affiliated groups across Japan, including the General Union (Kansai & Tokai), NUGW Tokyo Nambu, Fukuoka General Union, Miyagi Amagamated Union, NUGW Kanagawa:

2002

Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 5 Issue 6 Issue 7

2003

Issue 8 Issue 9 Issue 10 Issue 11 Issue 12 Issue 13 Issue 14

2004

Issue 15

• Bar Back GU in NOVA’s socialization policy
  Nishinomiya sues for peace
  Nambu Foreign Workers
  Joining a Union
  Nova’s Non-Socialisation Policy
  ‘Time’ For a Union

Issue 16

• Eigo-no-Jikan Settles First Firing Case
  Nichibei Eigo Gakuin First Hearing
  Nishinomiya Dispute Settled
  Letter to the Editor
  Senzoku Gakuen Students Rally Around Fired Teachers
  Paid Vacation Chart
  ALC - Miscommunication
  GU Battles Subcontracting
  Moron of the Month
  Labour Standards Law - Fines for Quitting - Predetermined Fines

Issue 17

• NOVA Refuses Collective Bargaining Over Recording
  British Council Settlement
  Overtime Pay
  Collective Bargaining at Chiba University
  General Union Roundup
  Hands-On Approach Works With Hands On English
  Eviction Laws
  Labour Standards Law Fines For Quitting
  Overtime Pay for Part Time Workers 

Issue 18

• Best of the National Union ‘Voice’
  Why do People Join the Union?
  10,000 Sign Petition for Reinstatement
  Make a Difference! Join the University Teacher’s Union
  GU Busts Nishinomiya BofE Contract Limits
  NOVA-Birth of a Union Sept. 6, 1994
  American English Academy
  Arrests made at American English Academy
  Nichibei Eigo Gakuin Sued Again for Unfair Labour Practices
  Letters to the Editor
  AEON Needs a Union! Forced by GU to Join Unemployment Insurance
  Commision Rules in Favor of The Union of Foreign Teachers at Tokyo Metropolitian Kokusai High School

Issue 19

Health and Pension Rights Now!
Stop Firings at NOVA!
Changes afoot at Kitakyudai
Nichibei on the stand again!
Maternity Leave
Thank you GU
Shakai Hoken and You - What you need to know
How the Major Eikaiwas treat Shakai Hoken
Demonstrate at Nova
General Union Roundup
Lots of Thrills in Trils Dispute
Support Highway Workers Union  

  

2005

Issue 20

A billion reasons why NOVA doesn’t have health insurance
March 6 - Demos kick off national campaign
NUGW meets with Diet members
March! March 6 for foreign workers’ rights
Simul Union has banner year
Victory in Trils dispute
Warning: Eikaiwa could be hazardous to your health
Nova breaks the law
Welcome to the Fukuoka General Union
Nova Socialization Decision
University Teachers’ Union
Union Demands to Chiba University

 

2006

Summer 2006

• Berlitz Teachers Strike Wins Back Pay Hike
  Nichibei Eigo Gakuin Guilty!
  Stabilizing employment in the university sector
  Osaka Gaigo - strike one
  NIC Lakeland - Some companies just don’t know when to give up!
  Nova Dispute Forges Ahead In Courts, On Streets, In Workplace
  Employee’s Health and Pension Insurance (Shakai Hoken)
  National Health and Pension Insurance & social security treaties