Japanese, Argentine Unions Take on Employee Free Choice Fight

President Tomoyashu Kato of NWJ and other Japanese union leaders discuss Employee Free Choice with U.S. embassy officials in Tokyo. Below, a delegation from the UNI-Argentina Liaison Council meet with U.S. officials at embassy in Buenos Aires.

Unions around the world are supporting the campaign to restore workers' bargaining and organizing rights in the United States through the Employee Free Choice Act.

So far, Japanese and Argentine labor leaders have met with U.S. embassy officials abroad to stress the importance of Employee Free Choice for workers around the globe. CWA President Larry Cohen proposed this strategy at a recent Union Network International meeting; at least 100 visits by global union leaders are expected to take place over the next several weeks.

President Tomoyasu Kato of NWJ, the ALL NTT Workers Union of Japan, led a delegation of Japanese union leaders to meet with officials at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo.

The UNI-Argentina Liaison Council met with officials of the U.S. embassy in Buenos Aires to express support of Argentine unions for Employee Free Choice