Shii in New Year message calls for further JCP advancement in 2012 marking 90th anniversary of its foundation

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo delivered a speech at the New Year assembly at the JCP head office in Tokyo on January 4, calling on all members to make efforts to further party advancement in 2012, the 90th anniversary of party foundation.

Kyoto broadcast workers’ union wins extension of casual staff’s employment period

In Kyoto City, where 40% of workers are contingent workers and the percentage of such workers in their early 20s is the nation’s highest at 60%, the Kyoto Broadcasting System Workers’ Union succeeded in extending 100 contingent workers’ contracts for another year.

‘Profit before safety’ management promoted by JAL chair Inamori (Part 1)

Since Inamori Kazuo, the chairman emeritus of the Kyocera Corporation, became the head of Japan Airlines, his extraordinary “management philosophy” has been promoted in the company, pushing workers into an endless pursuit of profits with emphasis on the profit-comes-first principle and “do-or-die” spirit.