Founded in 1991, the General Union is a labor union headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Membership is open to all nationalities and all workers. It has members working in trading companies, factories and restaurants but the majority of members are teachers and staff who are employed in language education at private conversation schools, high schools and universities in the Kansai and Chubu regions of Japan. Union members work at universities such as Ritsumeikan University, and language schools such as ECC, Berlitz and Gaba. Recent years have also seen the union launching major organizing drives among South American workers in Japan, along with Filipino workers. The General Union is under the umbrella of the National Union of General Workers, which is itself part of the National Trade Union Council one of the three major trade union federations in Japan. The chair of the General Union is Katsuji Yamahara and the General Secretary is Dennis Tesolat. Wikipedia [ - ]

Founded in 1991, the General Union is a labor union headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Membership is... [ + ]