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A testimony of ACO Japan about what is happening in our country and the initiatives led by our movement in support of migrants |
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While foreign workers from diverse backgrounds are employed across Japan and their lives remain unstable, we are acting on our shared desire to support one another as fellow human beings, engaging with each other from our respective positions. ・Case Study of a Hakodate Area Member I work at a dockyard. Recently, Vietnamese technical trainees have been hired and are working at my workplace. They don't speak Japanese very well, so they work while being scolded. I am trying to communicate with them by learning Vietnamese from them. I've tried inviting them to gatherings with other trainees from different workplaces at church, but even on days off, they seem so exhausted that it hasn't worked out. Seeing that people who approach them at work without hesitation and speak to them in Japanese can communicate with them, I'm thinking about how to interact with them.
 Participation of CWM INDIA Militants in the seminar on the theme of MIGRATION held on November 4th by WSM in the College National consultation on Safe Migration at Loyola college conducted by WSM Synergy on 4th November in Chennai.
On behalf of CWM India, 7 persons participated in this meeting:
Total participants: 56
Christian Workers’ Movement – India organized State Level Consultation on International Domestic Workers’ Day on 15.06.2019 at Sathome Community Center, Mylapore: Hon’ble Dr. Mrs. Nilofer Kafeel, Minister for Labour, Govt. of Tamilnadu, presided over the program. In her talk she expressed that each Domestic Worker is a dignified worker. Tamilmadu women welfare board has announced pension scheme. Even for the children’s education support given by Govt. Hon’ble Justice A. D. Jagadish Chandira, Madras High Court, Chennai, was the Chief Guest. He request to the Labour Minister to announce the Domestic Workers’ Day as a Holyday. Hon’ble Dr. Thol. Thirumavalavan, Member of parliament (Lok Sabha for Chidambaram Constituncy) was the Guest of Honor. He promised to demand the increase the pension Rs. 1,000/- to Rs. 5,000/-. He was very much interested in taking the subject on Social Security for Domestic Worker in the parliament.
''SENSITIZATION ON SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES TO THE AGRICULTURE & CONSTRUCTION WORKERS’’ Held at Animation Centre, Nagercoil from 23rd to 25th August 2018. It was inaugurated by Rt.Rev. Nazreen Soosai Bishop of Kottar Diocese Rt.Rev. Alex Vadakumthala, Bishop of Kannur and Chairman CBCI office for Labour with his heart rending power point presentation helped us meditate on the plight of the poor and the marginalized and the Teachings of the Church which defends the cause of the poor and why we need to fight for the rights of the deprived. He encouraged us to continue this mission of the Church. In the afternoon the national CWM members gathered along with around 2000 Agriculture & Constriction workers from the local area went on a procession from Elankadai St. Antony's church to Vedha Nagar community hall. To witnessing the world that we are the voice of the voiceless and that we plead for the cause of the Construction, Agriculture, migrants and Domestic workers. In Vedha Nagar community hall, we had a public meeting in which Rt. Rev. Dr.Vincent Mar Paulos, Chairman, TNBC Labour Commission, Rt. Rev. Nazreen Soosai, Bishop of Kottar, Hon’ble.A.Vijaykumar, Member of Parliament from Nagercoil, Mr .S.Rajeshkumar MLA., from Killiyoor, Rev. Fr. Jaison Vadassery National chaplain CWMI, Rev. Fr.Jayakumar Secretary TNBC Labour Commission Mr.A.Gnana Sekar Public Prosecutor and Cwm leaders took part.
Christian Workers’ Movement - India started in 1966 at Chennai for the overall development of the workers in India. The mission of the CWM is to struggle for the respect and recognition of human dignity and for the establishment of justice on this earth, that the laws of the economy and the god of money do not triumph over women and men who are meant to be the beneficiaries of the goods of this earth. CWM members are conscious of being evangelizers by working to emancipate men and women, by siding with the excluded by our societies, and by throwing themselves heart and soul into the effort of building a world fit for all to live in. This preferential option gives priority to Un-organized, women, migrant workers and the excluded of our society, especially, the unemployed youth, working children, workers insecure jobs. In order to establish this mission in this world Cardinal Joseph Cardijn the founder of our movement has presented a methodology called “Review of Life: See – Judge – Act”. We have committed leaders those who are voluntarily come forward to fulfill this mission in the world. They sacrifice their time, money, health for the development of our movement. Target GroupsAgricultural Labours, Construction Workers & Unorganized workers. Main Activities
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Around the date of October 7th, CWM-India conducted Decent Work Day Program at different Dioceses. They arranged 3 or 4 Diocesan Leaders who gathered in nearby places and celebrated Decent Work Day with demonstrations, seminars, rallies and public meetings. Herewith we have attached program photos.
The city-state of Singapore hosted the regional WMCW seminar for Eastern Asia from 13th to 15th November. The 4 WMCW movements from the region took part: ACO from Japan, KaNoJang from Korea, MCW from Taiwan and CFSM from Singapore. Singapore is a city-state, covering a surface area of 718 km2, with a population of 5.45 million inhabitants, only 3.87 million of which are residents. The city is located in the Malaysian peninsula, surrounded by the islands that make up Indonesia. The climate is equatorial and the population is mostly Chinese, with a minority of Malaysians and Indians. There are 1.34 million foreign workers. The city is futuristic, with many different and often surprisingly shaped buildings, its cleanliness is renowned the world over. It is also a prosperous city, where money is king and the hard working population are kept well under control. The country is a member of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian countries) made up of approximately 10 countries whose size and living standards vary considerably: Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia.
From 19th to 26th September I visited CWM Sri Lanka before I participated –together with our world Chaplain Guy Boudaud– in the regional seminar south Asia/Chennai/India. The country Sri Lanka is very interesting because there are different areas. Beaches, rainforests, high mountains, lakes and so on. Down near the capital Colombo the climate is very hot and 2.500 m. oversee level it is very cold. Many tourists are there. The population is divided in rich and poor. There is a part who benefit from tourism but many peoples are unemployed. CWM feels more responsible for the poor and it is active in 7 dioceses and different target groups. Recent Articles
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