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<DIV><FONT face=Century><STRONG><FONT size=4>The Toyota related
news</FONT>$B!!-b(B6$B!!(B<BR></STRONG>$B!!(Bfrom APWSL$B!&(BAichi Group
<2009.7.11></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century>$B"(!'(BAbbreviations used$B!'(BATU$B!a(BAll$B!!(BToyota
Union<BR>ATU$B!&(BS$B!a(Bcitizens group supporting ATU<BR>TMWU$B!a(BToyota Motor
Workers$B!G(BUnion<BR>TMPCWA$B!a(B Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation
Workers$B!!(BAssociation<BR>APWSL$B!a(BAsian Pacific Workers Solidarity
Links$B!%(B</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><STRONG>$B#5!K(B18th ATUS Management
Committee</STRONG><BR>On June 24, the regular ATUS Management Committee meeting
wad held, and the following matters were discussed: (1) Project of 4th
Toyota Labor Seminar Series. (2) Planning for The Study Group on Current Burden
on Labor to be held in Nagoya in November. (3) Investigation on current
situation of temporary workers at Toyota affiliated companies. (4)Planning the
newly held $B!F(BToyota Study Meeting$B!G(B. (5) Planning for $B!F(BReimei vol.8$B!G(B magazine,
scheduled to be issued in August.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><STRONG>4$B!K(BDemonstration at Toyota Motor Shareholders'
Meeting</STRONG> <BR>On June 23, Toyota Motor shareholders$B!G(B meeting was held at
headquarters in Toyota city. On the day, 20 TMPCWA supporters campaigned
to get the attention of the shareholders in front of the headquarters and the
station where the shuttle bus arrived and departed. Hiroko Uchino, the plaintiff
who won recognition of her husband's death from overwork in the courts, spoke at
the Shareholders$B!G(B meeting. The broad outline of the contents will be published
in Reimei vol.8.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><STRONG>3$B!K(BTMPCWA Supporters in Aichi. Management
Committee</STRONG> <BR>On June 16, the members discussed the content of the
campaign to pressure shareholders participating in the Toyota Motor
shareholders$B!G(B meeting. The campaign will mainly focus on the issue of laying off
233 workers at Philippine Toyota, TMPCWA approval problem, the series of death
threats against Chairman Mr. Edo by terrorists, and to campaign for Toyota
headquarter for a speedy resolution. We also decided to conduct a strong public
campaign on the ILO$B!G(Bs fourth recommendation to Toyota, to publicize the fact
that this Toyota scandal to the world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><STRONG>$B#2!K(B3rd Toyota Labor Seminar Series</STRONG>
<BR>On June 13, ATUS held its 3rd Toyota Labor Seminar. . The seminar was on the
issue of Aichi Steel to officially hire Mr. Kubo. Aichi Steel has a legal
obligation to hire him as a permanent worker, because Mr. Kubo had been working
for more than 3 years as a temporary worker. The company far from meeting that
obligation has instead requested to cancel his contract with the temp agency.
Mr. Kubo was angry and said, $B!F(BI thought the company was affiliated with Toyota.
This is clearly a case showing the reality of Toyota culling its temporary
workers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><STRONG>1) Meeting reporting Mr. Kawano$B!G(Bs court victory
against Denso<BR></STRONG>On June 12, a meeting celebrating Mr. Kawano$B!G(Bs legal
victory against Denso, one of main Toyota affiliated companies, was held.
Mr. Kawano was working at Denso at the time. He took Toyota and Denso to court
for the depression that he suffered owning to power harassment he received from
them. He claimed that these companies did not pay enough attention to
workers$B!G(B safety. After 5 years and 11 months, he finally won compensation. Mr.
Kawano$B!G(Bs supporters vowed to establish permanent group to support workers who
face difficulties in West Mikawa area (Toyota Bourg). The struggle will
continue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><STRONG>Note:</STRONG><BR>Please click on the links
below to view each group$B!G(Bs website. The websites are mainly in Japanese, but
there are plenty of photos on each of the sites
too.<BR>$B#1!K(BATU$B!a!!!!!!(B $B!!!!!!!!!!!!(B </FONT><A
href="http://www.katch.ne.jp/~atunion/"><FONT
face=Century>http://www.katch.ne.jp/~atunion/</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Century>$B#2!K(BATU$B!&(BS$B!a(B(Under construction)$B!!(B </FONT><A
href="http://atusupport.web.fc2.com./"><FONT
face=Century>http://atusupport.web.fc2.com./</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Century>3$B!K(BThe group supporting TMPCWA$B!a(B </FONT><A
href="http://www.green.dti.ne.jp/protest_toyota/index.htm"><FONT
face=Century>http://www.green.dti.ne.jp/protest_toyota/index.htm</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Century>4$B!K(BTMPCWA
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</FONT><A href="http://www.tmpcwa.org/index_html"><FONT
face=Century>http://www.tmpcwa.org/index_html</FONT></A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>