"【記者会見動画公開】職業差別、ヘイト文書送付／テイケイの支配介入に1221万円を請求し反訴！", 28 Feb 2021

[Japanese-to-English translation: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

…The Precariat Union has filed a countersuit for 1,2210000 yen in damages against security company Teikei for interfering in labour organizing activities. The company has sent slanderous letters containing work discrimination and hate speech language to us every week. Further, Teikei has set up a defamatory banner about us in front of its headquarters.

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Precariat Union has engaged with the major security company Tekei, which provides servies to the Tokyo Municipal Office as well as other government building, over labour issues such as forced resignations and unpaid wages…

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Teikei has not only refused to engage in collective bargaining with the Precariat Union, but also filed a SLAPP against us, alleging that our street protests constitute obstruction of business by force. Without any evidence, it is seeking compensation of approx. 10000000 yen for damages.

Tekei’s actions of sending and posting such documents is a violation against freedom of association (Labour Union Law article 7.3) and amounts to defamation. As such, Precariat Union filed a countersuit to the Tokyo District Court on 27 January 2021, seeking damages and holding a press conference on the same day.

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Initially, we asked Tekei to start collective bargaining over several union members’ allegations of unpaid wages. However, Tekei called the union members to a hotel and forcibly demanded that they resign over several hours. Members who were forced to submit a resignation letter are currently seeking legal status in court. We have also submitted a request seeking remedy for labour violations from the Tokyo Labour Commission.

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