Toshiba accepted “Global Compact” of UN in 2004, which advocates several universal rules of “Human Rights, Labor, Environment, and Prevention of Corruption” as follows.

　　UN Global Compact includes the following principle in relation to the workers:

　　（１）　The support and respect of the protection of international human rights.

　　（２）　The support of freedom of association and recognition of the right to collective
bargaining.

　　（３）　The elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation.

　　Nevertheless, Toshiba has not abided by the provisions of the Constitution of Japan and the Labor Law, and since 1960s has been discriminating some of the employees because of their ideology or creed and their taking active part in the union.

　　Besides, the discrimination against women has still been in Toshiba.

　　We, workers of Toshiba’s factory, have brought it up to the Labor Relations Board (LRB) that we demand Toshiba Corp. to improve the discriminative working conditions and to apologize for such unfair treatment.

　　LRB is one of the administrative organs, which protect the worker from the illegal acts by the corporate management against the Labor Law.　LRB admitted the workers’ assertion and commanded Toshiba to remedy the discrimination with apology to the workers for which it had done to them.

　　We demand Toshiba management to observe the rule of Global Compact, and follow the command of LRB to eliminate all forms of discrimination.

http://www.kki.ne.jp/akaruku-tsb/	Struggle against Discrimination in Toshiba 　（１）　1995〜1996:Ten(10) workers sued Toshiba to 　　　　　 LRB, and forty-five(45) protested Toshiba’s 　　　　　 president. 　（２）　　2003〜2004:Additional Nine(9) workers sued, 　　　　　 and thirty(30) protested to President. 　（３）     2001〜2004: The workers won the cases!

　Ten years have passed since Toshiba’s workers sued the company to the Labor Relations Board (LRB), demanding Toshiba to remedy the discrimination on the wages, qualifications and positions etc. because of their activity in the union.

　　Said sue to LRB was made by 10 workers in 1995, and additionally 9 workers in 2003.  Also, the demand to Toshiba’s president to remedy the discrimination was made by 45  workers in 1996, and additional 30 workers in 2003.

　　In 2001, Kanagawa district LRB approved completely the assertion which the workers had made. 　The LRB gave a notice of the order to remedy the discrimination and apologize them for it.  Following this order, in 2004, the Central LRB of Japan dismissed a reexamination request of Toshiba, and gave again the order for remedial of the discrimination, of which major illegal points are as follows:

　　(1)　　Toshiba disliked union activities of the worker who have a “certain ideology”, listed him on the “problematic employees list” and watched, and discriminated them in wages, and various types of promotion.

　　(2)　　Toshiba employed ex-public security officers, gave them the position as the experts in Labor Management of the Head Office and of the factories, who organized the secret informal group, “Toshiba-Ogikai” and lead it.

　　(3)　　Toshiba, utilizing the secret informal group “Toshiba-Ogikai”, watched the suing workers’ activities in the union, removed them from the Toshiba Labor Union leaders, and interfered in and ruled the Toshiba Labor Union through the “Toshiba-Ogikai”.

　　(4)　　The deeds above done by Toshiba is sentenced by the Central LRB in Japan as “unfair labor practices” against Article 7, item 1 and item 3, of Labor Union Law.

　　Please claim aloud against Toshiba together with us !

　　Please write it to Toshiba Japan and Toshiba USA that Toshiba should observe the Laws and Regulations to remedy the discrimination in the company.