Union journals show workers' struggle with Minamata disease

Union journals show workers' struggle with Minamata disease

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at Kashiwashobo Publishing Co. in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 25, 2013, shows reprinted journals called "Siren" of the labor union of Chisso Corp. that show the efforts of its members to address Minamata mercury-poisoning disease caused by the company and seek better labor conditions.

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