Woven Union is continuing our work towards a better working environment for all of us at the company.
Last Thursday, Woven Union had the second Collective Bargaining Session with Woven by Toyota. The company was represented the HR and Legal teams at this event.
At the meeting, we received Woven management's feedback on our original set of requests that we presented to them at our first meeting in July.
Unfortunately, while we are happy to see the conversation between the Union and the company continue, at this meeting we did not receive any truly positive response from Woven and did not see clear intent or commitment to real and meaningful change. Woven by Toyota's management has reiterated their plans to follow the existing company policies in the areas of return-to-office, performance management, compensation and others while only making incremental changes.
On a positive note, we could see the company being generally interested in our feedback on Woven by Toyota's policies, even if the management is not considering taking any decisive action at this time. We expect to be able to continue presenting information and stories that support our case and keep working towards changes that will benefit both Woven and Toyota Group.
Additionally, while Woven did state that they do not have any intention to accommodate our Union's promotional activities of any kind in the office, we received renewed assurances that the company recognises our organisation and its rights under the Labor Union Act of Japan and is committed to continue this dialogue.
To be clear, this is not the result that we've hoped for. While it is of course a right of the company to commit to the policies they've set, in the current reality when both the workforce and our shareholders demand and are waiting for true improvements, it is really unlikely that doing just minor alterations will lead us to success.
As always, we invite all of our colleagues from Woven by Toyota to, most importantly, Join Woven Union now or send us a message and get in touch!