General Union

General Union

nihongo|General Union|ゼネラルユニオン|zeneraru yunion is a labor union headquartered in Osaka, Japan. It mainly represents teachers and staff who are employed in language education at private conversation schools and universities in the Kansai and Chubu regions of Japan. The union was founded in 1991.

The chair of the General Union is Katsuji Yamahara and the General Secretary is Dennis Tesolat.

Due to pressure from the General Union, in March 2005, the Japanese Government's Social Insurance Agency began to investigate English language schools in Japan for non-payment of nihongo |Social Insurance|社会保険,| Shakai Hoken . In general, non-enrollment of full-time employees is illegal in Japan -- the Health Insurance Law and Employees' Pension Law stipulate that companies must enroll all workers who have been in Japan for over two months in both the health insurance and pension systems, regardless of nationality. "Shakai Hoken" cover for employees also includes sickness and injury allowance. The burden of payment is split between employer and employee, with each paying about half the monthly premium amount. cite web
url= http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20050412zg.html
title= English schools face huge insurance probe
accessdate=2007-03-20
publisher= The Japan Times
date= April 12, 2005 ] The General Union (Osaka) has official consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). [cite web
url=http://esa.un.org/coordination/ngo/search/DisplayOrgInfo.asp?OrgID=2229
title= ECOSOC Roster Consultative Status since 2005
accessdate= 2007-02-19
publisher= esa.un.org
date= February 17 2006 ]

ee also

*Labor unions in Japan
*Japanese employment law

External links

* [http://fukuoka.generalunion.org/ General Union Fukuoka (Fukuoka area)]
* [http://www.generalunion.org/ General Union (Osaka and Nagoya areas)]
* [http://www.sia.go.jp/e/ehi.html#ben Japanese Social Insurance Agency]
* [http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~kcunion/ Kanagawa City Union (Kawasaki, Kanagawa)]
* [http://www.nugw.org/ National Union of General Workers]
* [http://www.nambufwc.org/ National Union of General Workers Tokyo South]
* [http://www.zwu.or.jp/ Zentoitsu Workers Union (Ueno-Okachimachi, Tokyo)]

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