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Doglover
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| wangtesol wrote: |
Joining the Nova teachers union (part of National Union of General Workers) is worth it. This is one of the most progressive groups in Japan. They were a major player in launching the civil rights movement in Japan!
http://www.novaunion.com |
Wangtesol
I believe you mean the labor rights movement. There are no Martin Luther King like figures in Japan battling racism and discrimination, which is a different issue to labor and work problems |
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Sweetsee
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wangtesol
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| This is what it says in the Asahi Shimbun article. |
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Sweetsee
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wangtesol
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Okay, Doglover, this allows me the opportunity to raise the issue of domestic workers and racism. Thanks.
Japanese Labour Standards Law specifically excludes domestic workers:
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Article 116.2
This law shall not apply to businesses which employ only relatives who live together nor to domestic workers |
This is the last phrase in the Miscellaneous section of Labour Law. It is just like someone decided to throw it in at the last moment, you know. In Japan, most domestic workers come from the Philipines. Why should these migrant workers be excluded?
This law was written by the American colonization forces. Despite the efforts of reverse policy liberals in the US, the pro-labour provisions of the Labour Standards Code remained. However, this article is really out there. I guess American military officers couldn't stand to see their houseboys have labour rights, so maybe that final little phrase was phoned in by some general whose slave boy was about to trick him (a story as old as Roman comedies. That goddam "sabisu" loan word in Japanese of course comes from "service" in English which comes from slave "serua" in Latin). I mean the slave could have used Labour Law as a way to get back at officers for physical abuse. Cannot, goddam, have that!
And so with this article in Labour Law how can you disconnect civil rights from labour rights? Maybe some people don't think it is good tactics, but in terms of reality, they are connected.
I should note also, that in the US, migrant domestic workers are also very common. And in fact, now as people enter into politics and higher offices in the US, if a person has hired an illegal migrant domestic worker in the past, they are usually rejected for office. |
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