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<DIV><FONT face=Century><FONT color=#0000ff size=5><STRONG>$B!c(BThe Toyota related
news$B!d(B</STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
size=4><STRONG>$B#N#O!%(B38<BR></STRONG></FONT>
Incidents in February <2012.3.16><BR>$B!!!!!!!!!!!!(B<FONT size=4>from
<STRONG>APWSL$B!&(BAichi Group <BR></STRONG></FONT>$B"((BAbbreviations used$B!'(B</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Century>ATU$B!a(BAll Toyota Union<BR>ATU$B!&(BS$B!a(Bcitizens group supporting
ATU<BR>TMWU$B!a(BToyota Motor Workers$B!G(B Union<BR>TMPCWA$B!a(B Toyota
Motor Philippines Corporation Workers$B!!(BAssociation<BR>APWSL$B!a(BAsian Pacific Workers
Solidarity Links$B!%(B <BR>JAWN$B!a(BJapan Automobile Workers Network<BR>L$B!u(BHNWNM$B!a(BLiving
and Health Network for workers in Nishi-Mikawa area</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century> <FONT size=3><STRONG>One year has passed since
Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster</STRONG></FONT>. <BR>Although the
magnitude of the earthquake was also the world's largest class on March 11,
2011, the four-set simultaneous accident of the Fukushima nuclear power plant
will be minced on the world history. <BR>Japanese government issued "a
convergence declaration" noting that the nuclear power plant is in halt
condition at low enough temperature, but probably, not only specialists in
nuclear but also people do not trust it at all. <BR>Moreover, they are getting
irritated, because nobody takes or let anybody take the responsibility for an
accident, they must be nervous to food safety according to apparent expansion of
contamination, and revival of infrastructures don$B!G(Bt proceed smoothly.<BR>The
meeting of "fadeout from nuclear power reactor and reject the nuclear power
plant re-operation", demonstration, symposium, etc. were held in the whole
country on March 10 and the 11th. We will report the details on the next
number.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><FONT size=3><STRONG>4) Joint action by unions was
held.<BR></STRONG></FONT>On 28th, joint action by unions in Aichi was held. This
action is "one-day joint action" held once almost every month. <BR>Flier
distribution and microphone speech were performed at Kariya Station where many
workers of Toyota related companies getting on and off early morning on that
day. Particularly, they appealed about the dispute of Mr. Takahira, one of ATU
partners. Although Mr. Takahira got workmen's-accident authorization from Denso
Corporation, he is still requesting an apology and reparations now.<BR>After
that, the exploitation campaign which appeals for the union subscription towards
truck workers which an Aichi joint union did, and street advertisement of "labor
consultation phone No. 110" was held from evening in front of Nagoya
station.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><FONT size=3><STRONG>3) Mr. Yoshida$B!G(Bs workmen$B!G(Bs accident
trial at Aisin-kiko Co..Ltd.<BR></STRONG></FONT>On 21st, at the Nagoya District
Court, the 3rd workmen's-accident authorization trial of Mr. Yoshida, an
employee of Aisin-kiko Co. Ltd.$B!!(BAlthough it is the stage of submitting a written
statement and written opinion now, from next time, actual debate and the legal
challenge of the claim for damages from the plaintiff side asking about
responsibility of the company are scheduled <BR>Maintenance of safety and health
of workers is the responsibility of company, and an industrial accident must be
of course cared by "Industrial injury insurance". But such a common sense is
brought to the trial and being argued.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><FONT size=3><STRONG>2) The 33rd Toyota total action was
held.<BR></STRONG></FONT>The 33rd Toyota total action as a usual practice was
held in the Toyota Shirahama park of the riverbed of Yahagi river, and about
1000 people including participants from outside of the prefecture gathered on
11th. <BR>As the big headline "When will you use accumulated profit without
using now! The mission of Toyota is to achieves the social responsibility." was
written on fliers distributed there. And the actual amount of the
accumulated profit was introduced as 13,863 billion yen.<BR>And in advance
of this meeting, street advertisement in main terminals and questionnaire
activity for managers of small and medium-sized enterprises were done. Since
that day was a holiday of the head office, demonstration parade every year to
Toyota head office after the meeting was done just along the shopping quarter to
Toyota Station this time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Century><STRONG><FONT size=3>1) The company side blocked the
union activities of ATU.</FONT> <BR></STRONG>On 8th, ATU did distribution
activities of the union bulletin No. 18 in the early morning of this day, in
front of the gate of the Toyota Motor Tsutsumi Factory. <BR>However, a man of
the company side plundered the bulletin from the employee who received that at
the entrance of the gate. He was also collecting the bulletin in the head office
before, saying "Please do not carry personal belongings into the company", and
making it throw away into a makeshift garbage can. Clearly, this is interference
to a labor union and is an unfair labor practice. <BR>ATU immediately protested
there and sent "the offer document which protest and ask for an apology" to
President Akio Toyoda in written form as of 10th.</FONT></DIV>
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