Union Files Complaint Against G Education

15 February 2008

Ex-Nova teachers' union files complaint against new employer



OSAKA — A labor union for teachers from bankrupt language school chain Nova Corp filed a report Friday with the Osaka District Court, saying their current employer G.communication Co has dismissed a number of staff against its initial accord of rehiring all.


According to the Osaka-based General Union representing the teachers, G.communication has discharged about 800 people and refused to renew contracts for about 200, despite its accord to hire all staff, signed in November, when taking over the operations from Osaka-based Nova. "The company effectively annulled the agreement and this is an unprecedented case," said union chairman Katsuji Yamahara. "G. communication should bear social responsibility."

大量解雇でＮＯＶＡ元講師らが申し立て

　倒産した英会話学校ＮＯＶＡの事業を引き継いだ名古屋の会社が、外国人講師を大量に解雇していることがわかりました。講師らは、違法な解雇だとして１５日、労働基準監督署­に申し立てました。

　申し立てたのは、解雇されたＮＯＶＡの元講師２０人です。ＮＯＶＡの事業は名古屋のジー・エデュケーションが引き継ぎ、外国人講師およそ１２００人を再雇用しましたが、講­師を支援する労働組合によりますと、およそ８００人の契約が更新されなかったということです。

　講師らは「違法な雇い止めだ」として、午後には大阪地裁にも申し立てる方針です。申し立てをした講師は「再雇用のときに、契約期間に関する説明をきちんとしていなかった」­と訴えています。

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MESSAGE TO DISGRUNTLED EX-NOVA TEACHERS IN JAPAN: DON'T BE ANGRY ECC, GEOS, BERLITZ, ETC. WONT GIVE YOU A JOB. YOU HAVE NO QUALIFICATIONS.

In Japan there are many foreigners who are invited as our beloved guests to teach English. Normally, they are paid double Japanese salaries, because they have an amazing qualification: they happened to be born in an English speaking country. Wow! Apart from that, they are unqualified and unemployable at home.