Chronology of Case 2304

2002
Nov.1 Police arrested seven JRU members, then searched 64 spots including the union office and union officers' residents, and seized 1094 items. (JRU-Urawa incident)

2003
Jun. 21 Police searched 18 spots and 538 items on ground for a minor incident which took place on 22 June 2002. (Tokyo Station incident)
Aug. 1 JRU submitted a complaint to ILO
Oct. 20 ILO filed a complaint as Case 2304

2004
Nov. 17 ILO released the recommendations (PDF.file) of Case 2304
Nov. The oppression case was carried on ICFTU annual survey 2004 of violations of trade union rights

2005
Mar. 16 Tokyo Station incident - Three suspects, non-prosecuted
Mar. 28 JFBA issued a warning letter to the police
Nov.17 ILO made a second recommendation to the Japanese government
Dec.  7 Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department raided on the JRU and JREU offices with massive confiscation on the suspicion of alleged "embezzlement"

2006
Feb. 3 ILO Workers' Group sent a letter to Prime Minister, Koizumi , to respect the decisions of  ILO Governing Body
Jun. 16 ILO Governing Body issued Report of the  Committee on Freedom of Association about JR Urawa incident and the raid on JRU office by Police in Dec. 7, 2005.
Jun.30 Tokyo District Court gave a  judgment  to order  Tokyo Metropolitan Government to pay compensation.
Aug.2-9 JRU's Motion unanimously  was adopted at 41st ITF Congress