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. .....................................
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KTX Crew attend JRU Rallies.
