University Teachers Union (Japan)
The University Teachers Union (大学教員組合 – ''Daigaku Kyouin Kumiai'') was founded in January 1999 and represents the interests of tertiary-level teachers in the Kanto region of Japan. Membership is open to any teacher, regardless of nationality, who is employed at a university, college, or post-graduate institution in a non-management post. Under Japanese Trade Union Law, the University Teachers Union has the right to conduct collective bargaining with schools on behalf of its members. While negotiations with management are conducted in Japanese, internal business is mostly conducted in English. Affiliations Although the University Teachers Union (UTU) describes itself as a union, it is in fact a branch of the National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (全国一般労働組合東京南部 – ''Zenkoku Ippan Roudou Kumiai Tokyo Nambu''), a trade union usually referred to as NUGW Tokyo Nambu or just ''Nambu''. Nambu is a member of the NUGW National Council ( � ...
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