Kokuro agrees to drop suits in JNR dismissal dispute

Kokuro agrees to drop suits in JNR dismissal dispute

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the National Railway Workers Union (Kokuro) protest a proposal by union leadership that pending lawsuits against the Japan Railway (JR) companies be dropped during an extraordinary union convention in Tokyo on May 27. After heated debate, representatives at the meeting eventually endorsed the leadership's proposal to scrap the litigation.

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