[APWSLMembers 759] The Toyota related newsＮＯ．10

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＜The Toyota related news＞ＮＯ．10＜Nov10,2009＞
　　from ＡＰＷＳＬ・Aichi Group
　　※：Abbreviations used：
ATU＝All　Toyota Union／ATU・S＝citizens group supporting ATU
TMWU＝Toyota  Motor  Workers’  Union
TMPCWA＝ Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Workers　Association
APWSL＝Asian Pacific Workers Solidarity Links．
ＪＡＷＮ＝Japan Automobile Workers Network

1) The 4th "Toyota" Labor Lecture Series
The 4th lecture of the Labor Lecture Series which assume "Looking around the 
downstream of Toyota"  main theme was held on October 25.
This theme is "Struggle of the foreign workers who request regular 
employment. "The site of the struggle is Hikari Seiko Co.Ltd. in Mie 
Prefecture next to Aichi, where the Toyota headquarters exists. It is the 
first  subcontractor as precise parts supplier for Toyota which manufactures 
car precise parts, universal joints, engines, the transmission parts, and 
bearings, etc.
The labor union "Union Mie" is organized with this company. "Grupo Hikari" 
organized with the Japanese brazilian worker has joined here. We heard 
abount the situation from Mr. Alexsandro Onari, who is the representative.
36 union members continue struggle for regular employment based on the law, 
through 3times strike etc, receiving the dismissal attack.

2) Formation Meeting by Supporters Group for Mr. Tanaka of JTEKT
The formation general meeting of the trial supporters group for Mr.Tanaka of 
JTEKT, was held on October 09 as reported. Besides ATU and ATU・S, Executive 
Job Union Tokai where Mr. Tanaka first asked consultation, and a lot of 
individuals and groups participated in this general meeting.
Mr. Tanaka described hid gratitude to support first, and he told about 'Free 
overtime work' and the situation that he had to work till late, and was 
driven in mentally, and got depression. In addition, he clarified the 
mortifying feeling against dismissal, and desire to win without fail.

3) ATU・Fine Sinter proposed about the labor safety hygiene problem to LSIO
The followings are the report about the reported struggle at Fine Sinter 
Co.Ltd. on October 09.
One is a struggle for the pay discrimination correction to the mentally 
deficient person at the washing factory who works with the ATU union member. 
Another is a struggle for heat stroke measure of the office with high 
humidity and heat of 40 and more degrees at the summer time.
They had already been declared these problems to Labor Standards Inspection 
Office, and visited there to hear about the result. However, they have not 
received any good result.

4) The 1st Toyota continuous study meeting
The 1st study meeting, so-called "Toyota way", to learn about "Sense of 
values and method that had to be shared by the person who worked in Toyota" 
on October 04.
The productive system, Toyota way, and human affairs and the personal 
management of Toyota are origin of the progress of Toyota. But they are 
also, for workers, origin of exploitation, pain, and dividing.
It seems to be that getting into such Toyota style, made up by "Japanese 
system", and knowing Toyota more deeply is indispensable provision for the 
members who struggle to unite newly, and to share theoretical power. The 
Toyota continuous study meeting was planned to study about the Toyota 
philosophy as the locomotive of Japanese business society, in cooperation 
with researchers about Toyota.
The lecturer of the 1st meeting Mr.Masaki Saruta, professor of Chukyo 
University, introduced the Tailor Ford system origine of "Scientific 
management". And clarified the feature of "Toyota system" from 4 sides 
comparing with that.　(We will omit the explanation of the details.)