FGU - Fukuoka General Union

Welcome

Welcome to the Fukuoka General Union website. The Fukuoka General Union's purpose is to maintain and improve the working conditions of our members in Fukuoka Prefecture. Any non-management worker of any nationality is welcome and encouraged to join the union. The Fukuoka General Union is part of a national private sector trade union known as the National Union of General Workers (Zenkoku-Ippan). We belong to a confederation known as Zenrokyo (National Trade Union Council).

Recent News

General Meeting

The first monthly meeting for 2010 will be held on January 31(Sun) from 6pm at the union offices at Biotope. All members are encouraged to attend..

The meeting will feature a report on complaints from OWLS ALTs and the illegal practice of deducting damages from ALTs who quit before completion of contract. If there are any former OWLS employees who have been hit with the "penalty for quitting" we urge them contact the union and find out how you can get it back. More information here

Also, there are big changes ahead for the oursourcing of ALTs in the 2010 school year. The Ministry of Education has issued a directive regarding subcontracted ALTs (OWLS, Interac, KBS etc.) , saying that the school (team teacher) is not permitted to discuss the content of the class or evaluate the ALT before, during or after the class. In other words, there is a big chance that ALTs subcontracting system will change. Fukuoka Prefecture BOE has not yet decided whether it will tender out the work or not next school year.
Find out more from the FGU and demand stable jobs for ALTs.

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