In 1987, during the privatization and division of Japanese National Railways (JNR), 1,047 workers were dismissed--the largest unfair labor practice in Japan since the end of WWII. 

For four decades, Doro-Chiba and Doro Federation has been fighting to have the firing reversed.  In 2015, the Supreme Court has ruled that the criterion for excluding union members who oppose the division and privatization of JNR, which were established when employing JNR union members to JR, constituted unfair labor practices. The formulation of the rejection criterion was ordered and decided by the JR Establishment Committee, and therefore JR is liable for unfair labor practices. JR, however, does not withdraw the dismissal and refuses collective bargaining.

The Central Labor Relations Commission refused to even conduct an investigation of the facts and enforced an order to deny the case. An outrageous act that abandons the Labor Relations Commission's mission of protecting workers' right to organize. The Tokyo District Court's decision allowed dismissal by concealing the truth, even though it could not disprove JR’s unfair labor practices.

We urge that the Tokyo High Court issue a judgment to reinstate the 1,047 workers to JR.

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This is an article written by former president of Doro-Chiba who led the strikes in 1985 and 1986 against the division and privatization of National Railways:
https://www.doro-chiba.org/english/nakano/works/on-rail/ch04.html

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