This video from Japan is called Nuclear Watch: Fukushima workers to sue demanding it pay wages suited for the dangerous work 9/1/2014.
From NHK World in Japan:
Fukushima Daiichi workers to sue TEPCO
Workers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are planning to sue Tokyo Electric Power Company, demanding it pay wages suited for the dangerous work.
Four male workers at a TEPCO subcontractor will file a lawsuit at the Iwaki branch of the Fukushima district court on Wednesday.
The workers are doing plumbing work on tanks that store radioactive water at the plant.
They say their wages are too low considering the risk of radiation exposure they face. The workers are demanding TEPCO pay each of them about 96-thousand dollars in compensation.
They say their wages haven’t changed even after TEPCO announced an increase in labor payments to subcontractors by around 96 dollars last November.
One of the plaintiffs in his 30s said he is worried about his health because his monthly radiation exposure levels sometimes exceed 4 millisieverts.
He said though he had been reluctant to voice his concerns over fear of losing his job, the lawsuit will make it easier for workers to speak up.
Tsuguo Hirota, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs, said TEPCO is responsible for making sure the subcontractors properly remunerate workers. He said he wants to bring the working conditions at the Daiichi plant into the open through the trial.
While TEPCO faces the challenge of securing three to six thousand workers everyday for the decommissioning of the plant, its treatment of workers will be dealt with in court for the first time.
Fukushima No. 1 chief feared nuclear doom for eastern Japan — The Japan Times: here.
Government OK’s growing rice for public sale within Fukushima contamination zone — Natural Society: here.
Should Japan restart its nuclear reactors? — Truthout: here.
Tepco says 400-kg control console fell Into Fukushima fuel pool — Bloomberg: here.
Japan’s former PM tells of Tokyo evacuation risk after Fukushima — Brisbane Times: here.
They deserve the extra pay for the risk factor. I hope they win their lawsuit.
Leslie
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Indeed. And they deserve to get Yakuza gangster subcontractors off their backs:
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/yakuza-gangsters-clean-up-fukushima-oppress-workers/
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That too!
Leslie
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