23-yr-long dispute over ex-JNR workers settled at top court

23-yr-long dispute over ex-JNR workers settled at top court

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a group of plaintiffs and lawyers meet the press in Tokyo on June 28, 2010, after a legal settlement was reached at the Supreme Court on a 23-year-long dispute over the refusal by Japan Railways group companies, successor of the state-run Japanese National Railways, to hire 1,047 former unionized workers of JNR. (Kyodo)

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