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Appeal to the Diet at Petition Demo. |
On October 26 RENGO held its “10/26
Central Pep Rally for Realizing Emergency Job Measures” at Hibiya Amphitheater
with 4,200 participants. RENGO strongly appealed that this extraordinary Diet
session should return to being a ‘Job Diet’ as originally planned, and
swiftly materialize hard-hitting job measures on a ¥4 trillion-scale through
the supplementary budget. After the rally, participants conducted a demonstration
to the Diet in petition.
Speaking first, President Sasamori said, “the employment is so critical
that it has become a social problem. They say that when people faraway lose jobs,
that is recession. When those near you lose them, that is depression. We want
to correlate, as RENGO’s collective will, that only labor unions can break
up the current conditions.
Following that, General Secretary Kusano in his keynote address emphasized fortifying
movements to materialize ¥4 trillion-scale job measures as an immediate policy
issue. He said, “how job measures should are included in the supplementary
budget is the biggest challenge.” Continuing on to medical care system reform,
he expressed determination saying, “we cannot accept reform that only burdens
people. We will fortify our activities so that those on the supply-side keep their
promises.”
Democratic Party of Japan Vice-President Nakano, Social Democratic Party Public
Relations Committee Chairperson (now Secretary General) Fukushima, and Liberal
Party Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Yamaoka were among the participants. Each
lawmaker disclosed their determination to solve job problems.
Afterward, the rally adopted the appeal “Let no union ever allow anymore
unemployment. Let us create a massive wave of struggle to create new jobs and
establish support measures for the jobless.” The demonstration march then
proceeded to the Diet.
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