[APWSLMembers 860] The Toyota related news ＮＯ．32

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＜The Toyota related news＞ＮＯ．32
       Incidents in August <2011.9.12>
         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
L&HNWNM＝Living and Health Network for workers in Nishi-Mikawa area

East Japan Earthquake, nuclear power plant disaster, and workers’ unity 6

For all member of APWSL in each country.
Support activities by workers and labor unions continue since earthquake 
disaster on March 11.
Japanese Prime Minister changed. I think that the basic strategy of 
earthquake disaster revival and accident convergence of the Fukushima 
nuclear power plant will not change under the new Prime Minister.. However, 
new Prime Minister Noda is said to be "positive" about operation of the 
nuclear power plant. "10 million Anti-Nuclear Power Reactor signature 
movement" has started towards March 11 (1st anniversary of an earthquake 
disaster), 2012 in the whole country. Terms from September 11 to 19 is a 
"Anti-Nuclear Power Reactor Week". Many civic organizations are beginning to 
start activities also in this Aichi and Tokai area.

(4) The arrangement of an ATU related trial
The arrangement of ATU-AKK Mr. Yoshida and JTEKT Mr. Tanaka’s trials was 
done on August 31.
1. Mr. Yoshida is striving for the program which the company presented as 
rehabilitation towards return to work now. Comparing what actually he 
tackled in the procedure, and the work procedure instruction sheet made by 
supporters group, they are studying if they can specify the cause of 
symptoms or not.
2. At Mr. Tanaka’s trial, they checked his attitude before attending the 
last reconciliation deliberations on September 9.

(3)  Request postcard action at JTEKT Mr. Tanaka’s trial
Before the final aspect of the JTEKT Mr. Tanaka’s trial, we  printed 900 
request postcards to JTEKT and the president on 25th. We asked the request 
action by these postcards for ATU-S member and the unions in Nagoya area, 
etc. Reconciliation deliberations of the attention to ask for Mr. Tanaka's 
return to work will be held on September 9. It’s struggle with "Money 
reconciliation plan" by the company.

(2) Toyota made holiday Thursday into working day. We have objection on this 
decision.
Toyota decided at the employer-and-employees round-table conference in May, 
that theiy will change their week holidays to Thursday and Friday from July 
to September, according to the plan of cutting peak electric power in 
working day to cope with electric power shortage of summer, and it is still 
under progress.
However, entering into August, they determined "To make Thursday working day 
every week in September." And they decided new calendar change to remain 
Saturday working day even after October, and it will continue until next 
March.
ATU submitted the "request document" to President Akio Toyoda on August 9. 
The contents of the request is,
1. Withdrawal of a plan to make the Thursday holiday into operating days 
from September.
2. If they cannot withdraw that, pay a holiday premium allowance.
3. And also for staffs of business-related companies a holiday premium 
allowance.

(1) Present situation of AKK (Aisin Kiko Co., Ltd) Mr. Yoshida’s trial
We received the inquiry protocol from a presiding judge on August 1. at AKK 
Mr. Yoshida’s trial. The outline was ,
1. A leave-of-absence period should be extended until September 5. He will 
be engaged in the snap inserting work of Toyota car door parts at his home 
by a contract agreement system during this period.
2. A creditor (Mr. Yoshida) works in consideration of a physical condition 
in the possible range.
3. He will do a decided workload, and after passing aptitude test, if a 
family doctor diagnose that he can work 8 hours a day on the work, he will 
do the work as a temporary step until the last of December, this year.
4. If he cannot do the decided workload during the leave of absence, a 
leave-of-absence period will be extended until the end of September, this 
year.
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