Japón - 22-year struggle by the workers of the former Japan National Railways (2010)

The National Railway Workers Union (Kokuro) and the All Japan Construction, Transport and General Workers’ Union (Zendoro, currently Kenkoro-Tetsudo Honbu) have continued their 22-year struggle against the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT), focused on their complaint that their members were not hired by the new JR companies at the time of the division and privatisation of Japan National Railways in 1987 simply because they were Kokuro or Zendoro members. As regards the lawsuit brought by Zendoro, on 23 January 2008 the Tokyo District Court recognised the existence of unfair discrimination and ordered JRTT to pay compensation of 5.5 million Japanese yen per complainant. Kokuro and Zendoro regarded the legal decision as unsatisfactory given the long and painful struggle that their members had undergone for 22 years, and declared their intention to continue their struggle until a full settlement of the issue of reinstatement of their 1,047 members was reached. Little progress had been reported by the end of 2009.

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