In the midst of rising anxiety over job and living
standards facing our comrade workers, RENGO held the 21st Central
Executive Committee Meeting on the 12th and endorsed its "We
Don't Need This Sort of Government! 10 million Furious Members
Nationwide Mass Action." By designating May as a National
Mass Action Month, RENGO will initiate a round of actions at
local RENGO and local councils under the banner of "Break
Through Job/Living Standard Threatening Danger," "Victory
at the House of Councilors Election," etc.
1. Action Proposal
RENGO with the banners of "Break Through Job/Living Standard
Threatening Danger," "Stop Money for Power Corrupt
Politics," "Victory in the House of Councilors Elections"
and "Change in Administration" will designate May as
national mass actions month and implement continuous actions
at local RENGO and local councils. Further, on May 26, RENGO
will hold national unified actions and a large-scale central
rally in Tokyo.
2. Aim
As job anxiety becomes ever more serious, even extending to the
employed, the removal of job fears has become a priority for
both social stability as well as economic recovery. Fears over
pension, medical care and other costs have been hit working citizens
head on so that breaking through the dangers threatening work
and family life is a vital topic that must be resolved for all
working citizens. Furthermore, citizen's anger over structural
corruption and money for influence politics through unsavory
co-dependence among the political community, bureaucracy and
industry has peaked.
In order to answer the expectations of the working citizens RENGO
will fight the above actions on a national scale continuing with
a series of mass rallies in February, March, and April. Further,
by using the success of these mass actions as a path to victory
at the House of Councilors election, we must dissolve the House
of Representatives and hold general elections in order to bring
about a change of administration.
3. Name of the Actions
"We Don't Need This Sort of Government! 10 Million Furious
Members Nationwide Mass Action"---Break Through Job/Living
Standard Threatening Danger, Stop Money for Power Corrupt Politics,
Victory at the House of Councilors Election---
4. Contents of the Actions
(1) Make May Mass Action Month
Starting this May Day, local RENGO and local councils will plan
their own signature collection drives, street PR campaigns, and
canvassing tours that focus on "Breaking Through Job/Living
Standard Threatening Danger" along with efforts for the
House of Councilors election in order to appeal both inside and
outside their organizations.
For these actions RENGO will link up with supporting lawmakers
and its endorsed candidates for the House of Councilors Election,
and seek their active participation in these actions.
(2) Designate May 26 as Nationwide Unified
Action Day
<Name of Rally>
"We Don't Need this Sort of Government! 10 Million Furious
Members Mass Action"
1) |
Each prefecture will
hold rallies to assemble general mass actions (10000 person scale). |
2) |
Hold the Central Rally
(50000 people at Meiji Park in Tokyo).
Open the Central Rally as a symbol of nationwide unified action
and along with a petition name drive, appeal for "Certain
Victory at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election" and
"Certain Victory at the House of Councilors." At the
rally RENGO will invite participation from representatives from
each political party, election candidates for the House of Councilors
(both proportional-representation constituencies and Tokyo election
districts), candidates for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Election,
and representatives from each RENGO regional block.
Start the rally at 1:00pm in consideration of the participation
of local districts. |
3) |
General flow of Events
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4) |
To ensure that these
are 'national' rallies, we ask all supporting organizations,
NPOs, and other organizations for their participation. |
5) |
Support promotional
activities so they are made known to not only union members but
also every class of citizen.
a) |
Hold a press conference
regarding the series of actions culminating in May 26. |
b) |
Request that all magazines
and papers of local affiliates actively cover this series of
actions. |
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5. Materials
RENGO headquarters will prepare all necessary materials (flags,
handouts, signup sheets, pre-recorded street PR campaign tapes,
banners) for the actions. |