Today on June 5, 2009, Mr. Takao Nakayama, the presiding judge of the Tokyo High Court handed down an appeal court decision of “dismissal of an appeal” on JR Urawa Electric Train Depot Case (hereinafter referred to as JR Urawa Case). JRU expresses condemnation against this judgment with fury.
The judge upheld the original decision, stating “There are some misconceptions in reference to finding of facts in the lower court decision. However, they have no effect on the judgment.” In terms of the right to organize, which can be said as a key to trade unions, the judge ignored its reality and insisted as follows: “Discussion in the union meeting is carried out under the situation of what you might call ‘relying on numbers’. Even though that doesn’t constitute violence on the body, it could give someone notice of inflicting harm at least on his freedom and dignity. Therefore original decision which decided the defendants’ act came under Chapter 223 of Penal Code is due.” [more]
