ILEA000678347: Nova's foreign teachers demand payment of wages in arrears

Chinese company provides essential aid to flood victims in Kenya

STORY: Chinese company provides essential aid to flood victims in Kenya SHOOTING TIME: April 30, 2024 DATELINE: May 2, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:15 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of MCEDO-Beijing School 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BENEDICT KIAGE, Director, MCEDO-Beijing School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU CHENGHUI, Deputy general manager of the CRBC Kenya Head Office 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GLADYS OGINGA, Deputy head teacher, MCEDO-Beijing School STORYLINE: Flood victims in one of the largest informal settlements in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Tuesday received vital donations from the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), the contractor for major infrastructure projects in the East African country. The donation ceremony was held at MCEDO-Beijing School, which is located in the heart of Mathare slums and built with the sponsorship of Chinese firms. CRBC executives, teachers, students, and parents attended the event. Donations for the flood victims included 2,500 bags of m

Inter-Union Strike And Mobilization For Wages - Toulouse

Sud Solidaires activists behind a banner, Another school, another company. Strike and demonstration, against austerity, for wages and gender equality. The main French trade unions - CGT, FO, CFDT, CFE-CGC, UNSA, SNES-FSU, Solidaires and CFTC - are taking their protest to the streets. The demonstration will take place within the framework of a European strike call against austerity and for greater social justice. France, Toulouse October 13, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada's federal government tables new offer to union as strike continues

STORY: Canada's federal government tables new offer to union as strike continues DATELINE: April 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Ottawa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the strike 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JULIENNE PACQUIN, Vice president of Union of Veterans' Affairs Employees 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DIANE GIROUARD, Regional vice-president for Union of Health and Environment Workers STORYLINE: Canada's federal government said on Friday that it had tabled a new offer for a collective agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the country's largest federal public service union. Treasury Board President Mona Fortier's office said the government presented a new offer to PSAC on Friday as members nationwide continued their already 10-day-long strike. However, it didn't reveal whether the offer included a higher wage increase than the government's previous offer of nine percent over three years. Wages and remote work are among the points of contention in the labor dispute.

Tunisia's public sector workers hold general strike for pay rise

STORY: Tunisia's public sector workers hold general strike for pay rise DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of empty railway station in Tunis 2. various of closed post office STORYLINE: Tunisian public sector workers held a general strike covering 159 public institutions on Thursday, in protest of the government's refusal of their demands for rising wages. The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) launched the one-day strike, which involved public institutions active in vital areas, including air and maritime navigation, land and rail transport, as well as post offices, the labor union said in a statement. "According to our first reports, no problems or conflicts have been reported in the various public institutions involved in this general strike," Sami Tahri, deputy secretary-general and spokesperson for the UGTT, said in the statement. Moreover, the UGTT denied any political nature of the strike, stressing that it is "a sectoral initi

Michelin Rolls Out Its Own Global Living Wage

File photo dated September 16, 2016 shows Michelin campus in Cebazat, near Clermont-Ferrand, France. After realizing that the minimum wage in its home country left some workers at breaking point, French tire-maker Michelin has taken matters into its own hands to give employees a hefty pay raise. Michelin is rolling out its own living wage to its 132,000 employees, the company said in a press release shared with Fortune and first reported by French publication Le Figaro. The 134-year-old group, which makes heavy-duty tires for construction and freight-handling companies, has set living wages for employees based on their location to correlate with living costs. The calculation for the living wage was also made based on what employees needed to provide for their family’s “essential needs.” Photo by Soudan E./ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Chalk maker to go out of business due to drop in classroom use

Takayasu Watanabe, president of chalk maker Hagoromo Bungu Co., holds a box of "Full Touch" chalks in this file photo taken in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. The company decided to terminate its business in March 2015 due to a decrease in the use of chalks in school classrooms in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Union for ex-Nova teachers files report against new employer

OSAKA, Japan - A labor union for teachers who worked at the now-bankrupt language school chain Nova Corp. filed a report Feb. 15 with the Osaka District Court saying the teachers' current employer G.communication Co. has dismissed a number of staffers against its initial accord to rehire all. Photo shows foreign language teachers claiming in a gathering in Osaka the same day that G.communication has failed to write and sign employment contracts with the teachers in violation of the labor standards law. (Kyodo)

JAL cabin attendants file damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - About 190 current and former cabin attendants of Japan Airlines Corp. and their labor union representatives head to the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 26 to file a damages suit against the company and its largest labor union, claiming the defendants collected their personal information, including medical records, familial status and physical descriptions, without their consent. (Kyodo)

Union to set up fund, program to support Nova teachers, staff

TOKYO, Japan - Bob Tench (3rd from L), president of the Nova branch of the National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu representing teachers and staff at the failed Nova Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 1. The national union said the same day it will set up a relief fund for the teachers and a program whereby students can take their language lessons from their Nova teachers in exchange for basic food items or a meal. (Kyodo)

Nova teachers call for employment at Osaka schools

OSAKA, Japan - Foreign language teachers of collapsed Nova Corp., the largest foreign language school chain in Japan, head to a rally near the Osaka municipal office on Nov. 1 to call for their employment. A number of Osaka city-run primary and high schools have asked Nova under contract to send assistant language teachers to them. (Kyodo)

Nova's foreign teachers demand payment of wages in arrears

OSAKA, Japan - Representatives of a labor union of the scandal-ridden English-language school Nova Corp. file a petition with the labor standards supervision office in Osaka on Sept. 27 to force the Osaka-based company to pay wages in arrears to its foreign teachers. (Kyodo)

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