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2015/09/09
Ishibashi makes speech opposing revision of Worker Dispatch Law, calls it “terrible legislation that blatantly helps exploitative corporations”
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On September 9, a vote was held in the plenary session of the House of Councillors on the revision of the Worker Dispatch Law. The legislation was approved by a majority, comprising of ruling party lawmakers and others.
Prior to the vote, DPJ member Michihiro Ishibashi stated the party’s “outright opposition” to the revisions, saying that he considered them to be aberrant legislation. He pointed out that the previous revision of the Law, enacted in 2012, had also been supported by the LDP and Komeito, then in opposition, and that these 2012 revisions, the first to put worker protection to the fore, had only just started to be put into practice. Ishibashi lambasted the new revisions, saying, “I don’t think there has ever been such terrible legislation that blatantly helps exploitative corporations which profit from illegal dispatch work, and betrays workers just as they are about to obtain relief.” He also stated that the fact that thirty-nine supplementary resolutions have been added to the revisions clearly indicates that the revision proposal itself is full of holes and should be scrapped.
Ishibashi concluded by saying “It is the responsibility of politicians to ‘create a country which is the safest in the world for workers to live and work in’ The DPJ will work together with workers, including dispatch workers, toward the realization of this goal.”
On September 10, DPJ Acting President Akira Nagatsuma commented on the vote passing the legislation, saying, “Unfortunately we were unable to force the government to withdraw [the revision proposal]. One problem with dispatch work is that dispatch workers have superiors both at the dispatching company and at the company to which they have been dispatched, and this weakens personnel management. One consequence is that this leaves a gap in security procedures. As the percentage of irregular workers grows, there is also a possibility that there will be a drop in productivity. Dispatch work is also a problem when seen from the perspective of creating a strong foundation for the Japanese economy.”
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