Louis Carlet`s Opening Speech at March in March (Tokyo)

March in March is a multinational gathering and protest rally that took place on March 9th, 2008 in Shibuya Ward (Tokyo) . It began with foreign workers calling for job security and an end to discrimination, but with the deteriorating work environment in Japan "job security and equality" have become the goals of not only foreigners but all who work in Japan.

The government claims to have created jobs, but the ranks of working poor and unstable jobs (dispatch, part-time, temp, contract, subcontract, freelance) have increased. The young, the elderly, foreigners and women live with anxiety about their futures. Workaholic men work themselves literally to death. So, the we protest for "equal rights and job equality for all".

Louis Carlet is the Deputy Secretary General of the National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (www.nambufwc.org)

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