ALT Special Part One

This documentary is from a news report on the many ILLEGAL (違法 - いほう) contracts used by Boards of Education in Japan and companies such as Interac to hire their ALTs (Assistant Language Teachers).
http://tokyogeneralunion.org/
http://interacunion.org/
http://www.generalunion.org/alt/
http://fukuoka.generalunion.org/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Japan
• ALT
• contracts
• General Union
• Nambu FWC
• Interac

[GeneralUnionNews]

It Aired July 17, 2009. It aired on Nihon Terebi (whatever channel that is in your area), on the news report called リアル特集＋ (Real Special Edition+).

[Alexoflondon]

It`s good that this is on YouTube. JET was good - I was a JET... we were paid well and had respect. Now ALTs don`t get paid well and don`t get respect. One must remember that all ALT`s are university graduates who could get fine jobs in their home countries... our `weakness` is that all have an interest in Japan. For this we are used as cheap labour. I highly recommend joining a union. All `HAKEN` ALT contracts are illegal; you will get a pay-off from the company to keep your mouth shut.

[ParanoidGallows]

I wish this had english subtitles

[narusasu]

man this is horrible... ) :

[alukuhito]

The guy at the end's hair is crazy.

[exandus]

thanks for posting this on youtube. do you have the info on when it was aired, what channel, or what program?

[GrapplerJMo]

thx for posting this video. i can't believe how alts are treated in japan these days. plus, direct hire is a bitch to find sometimes and you really gotta know the right people and in jet, it's been getting fiercely competitive for many highly qualified applicants to get a position.

and btw, i was surprised that the narrator as i saw in the credits was ohtsuka houchuu, a famous anime voice actor.