Woven Union met with the Federation of All Toyota Workers' Unions leadership.
Woven Union is building connections with the wider family of Toyota Group's unions and it was really encouraging seeing their interest and intent to help.
On Monday, October 16th, we had a productive meeting with the leadership team of the Federation of All Toyota Workers' Unions in Nagoya. We introduced our organization, shared our objectives, and discussed the struggles and issues that Woven by Toyota's employees and union members face at work. We also asked them for their suggestions and support.
The Federation expressed their sympathy and solidarity with our goals and direction, which they said were aligned with what they were working for with the whole Toyota Group. They were concerned about the working environment at Woven by Toyota, especially in the time of labor shortage and declining attractiveness of Japan for foreign talent with weakening yen and rising inflation.
From the Woven Union side, we noted that we share the goal of building an environment of Mutual Trust between the workforce and leadership that the Federation has as this is an area where we need to improve from the side of Woven Union and Woven by Toyota.
The Federation offered us their advice and support, and we agreed to continue having such meetings in the future. They also offered to introduce us to other unions in the Federation so that we could exchange knowledge and advice.
We are very excited about this visit to Nagoya and our Union receiving this recognition from this long-established Federation and feeling welcome as a member of Toyota Group's family of labor unions. While we work on different parts of what makes Toyota Group successful and in different organizations, we share a common philosophy, set of beliefs and common goals as Toyota companies. We can only succeed by working together and we are happy to be doing the work to make this happen!
As always, we invite all of our colleagues from Woven by Toyota to, most importantly, join the Union, and to share your feedback, thoughts and ask any questions you may have. Visit us at https://woven-union.org or send us an email at [email protected].