Young Tokyo temporary workers form labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Young temporary workers in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures have organized a labor union aimed at improving their working conditions, union members said Dec. 9. Anyone under 40 and supporting themselves on part-time jobs is eligible to join the ''Shutoken Seinen Union'' (metropolitan area youth labor union) for a membership fee of 1,500 yen a month. Manabu Natori (R), 27, a part-time hospital clerk, became the union chief and 24 other workers aged between 19 and 36, most of them part-timers at fast-food shops, have joined it.

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