【仏独伊西中】 NOVAの各国語 (英語除く) 【3】

http://www.generalunion.org/news/?id=123
OPEN NOVA MEETING FOR TEACHERS & STAFF Sunday, 30 September
from 8:15 at union office in Temmabashi - 2007-09-25

This is a letter which was posted to the Japan Times in regards to an article about NOVA printed on 25 September.
To: Japan Times, Reporter, Ben Stubbings
From: General Union, General Secretary, Dennis Tesolat
Date: 25 September 2007

Regarding the Japan Times article which appeared in your Community Section on 25 September under the headline ‘Advice for Teachers’,
I would like to add a few comments regarding the accuracy of this article.
The article states, “The general union and Nambu decided on a policy that we won’t take new members if NOVA goes bankrupt.”
This statement is not an accurate reflection of the General Union’s policy.
The General Union has no special policy regarding NOVA teachers joining our union at this time or
in the future regardless of whether or not NOVA falls into bankruptcy. We will accept all applications
from NOVA teachers and staff for membership in the regular manner.
We are even going so far as to have an information session on 30 September, 8.15 p.m. at our Osaka office
for NOVA teachers who would like more information and of course we will encourage those who attend to join.
Stating this, I would also like to add that even though we will accept new members, teachers and staff have to understand
that we will not be able to offer the level of support regarding,

for example, unemployment insurance procedures, Shakai Hoken and other health insurance, visas and apartments
that we have during past bankruptcies.
Why? Simply because we cannot do so for many people all at once and continue to take care of our other non-NOVA members,
but we will offer whatever advice we can.
In fact, we will still offer general advice to ALL NOVA teachers and staff regardless of whether they join the union.
I hope NOVA teachers and staff who are considering joining the union will take the above into consideration
and still join the union.
If everyone joined with an urgent problem
expecting instant service our union would not be here at this moment offering whatever help we have to offer.
Regardless of the exact level of support we will be able to offer each individual,
we hope that NOVA teachers who are planning on remaining in Japan will join our union
and help us help everyone in our struggle to reform the language industry,
especially so that these current problems are not relived at other workplaces.

Sincerely,
Dennis Tesolat
General Union, General Secretary

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20070925zg.html
The Japan Times
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007

Is it all over for Nova?
As 'eikaiwa' giant plans school closures amid credit crunch, some fear the worst

By BEN STUBBINGS
Staff writer

[email protected]

ex-boyfriend the other day.
He has asked someone's help and advice, like me...
Because he is really worried about his job these days.
Such as he's thinking of going to quit his job and so on.
To tell the truth, I broke up with him about 5 months ago.
He's 5 years yonger than me. He graduated from university
in Nagoya,and decided to start new job in Osaka last spring.
After few months later, he got transferd to Nara.
He was really busy from then on. (He is still busy now）
He couldn't take a day off,and had to work overtime.
So it was so hard to keep relations between him and me
at that time.
But we still keep in touch by e-mail once in a while.

I wish I could help his matter. But I couldn't advice to him
easily... I hope to it turns out well!


I'm sorry for writing my poor English diary.
Thank you for reading.