update:2008/05/02


 Three years since 4.25 train-derailed fatal accident  - Fighting of the JRWU

West Japan Railway Workers’ Union (JRWU) held a rally which calls for “Never forget the accident! Change the corporate culture ignoring safety!” at Naniwa Jinken Bunka Center (Naniwa Human Rights Culture Center) on 24 April, 2008. The union members who came to join the rally totaled 550 including members of JRU and its affiliate unions, delegates from the Daegu Subway Labor Union in South Korea and the International Center for Labor Solidarity (ICLS). All the participants unified their will in the feverish atmosphere to fight against the profit-first corporate culture of the JR West which hasn’t been reformed in three years.
After the rally they demonstrated, chanting slogans of indignation, “Don’t forget the accident!”, “No Nikkin-kyoiku (punitive retraining system of the JR West)” and so on.
Three years have passed so far since the Train-derailed fatal accident took place on the JR Fukuchiyama line. Suffering and sadness of the bereaved families and injured passengers still remains unhealed. How should we respond to voices of the bereaved families? That is being questioned. ..................................... [Read more]

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KTX Crew attend JRU Rallies.