University Teachers Union (Japan)
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| Full name | University Teachers Union |
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| Founded | January 1999 |
| Members | 2,200 inclusive of the parent union |
| Affiliation | NUGW Tokyo Nambu, NUGW National Council, National Trade Union Council (Zenrokyo) |
| Key people | Jason Nowe (President) |
| Office location | Shimbashi, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan |
| Country | Japan |
| Website | official website |
The University Teachers Union (大学教員組合 – Daigaku Kyouin Kumiai) was founded in January 1999 and represents the interests of tertiary-level teachers in the Kanto region of Japan. Membership is open to any teacher, regardless of nationality, who is employed at a university, college, or post-graduate institution in a non-management post. Under Japanese Trade Union Law, the University Teachers Union has the right to conduct collective bargaining with schools on behalf of its members. While negotiations with management are conducted in Japanese, internal business is mostly conducted in English.
Although the University Teachers Union (UTU) describes itself as a union, it is in fact a branch of the National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu (全国一般労働組合東京南部 – Zenkoku Ippan Roudou Kumiai Tokyo Nambu), a trade union usually referred to as NUGW Tokyo Nambu or just Nambu. Nambu is a member of the NUGW National Council ( Zenkoku Ippan Roudou Kumiai Zenkoku Kyogikai), a national umbrella organization for 39 trade unions, commonly known in English by its shortened title: the National Union of General Workers. NUGW National Council is in turn affiliated to National Trade Union Council (全国労働組合連絡協議会 – Zenrokyo), the smallest of the three national labour federations in Japan.
Within the NUGW National Council, UTU works closely with two of Nambu's sister unions which have a high proportion of foreign members: the General Union and the Fukuoka General Union. UTU also works closely with the Union of Part-Time Lecturers (非常勤講師組合 – Hijoukin Koushi Kumiai), a union established in 1996, with roughly 200 members. The Union of Part-Time Lecturers is affiliated to the second largest labour federation, the National Confederation of Trade Unions (全国労働組合総連合 – Zenroren), and conducts its business in Japanese.
As a labour organization, UTU works towards the improvement and maintenance of working conditions, the improvement of the general working environment and employee welfare, and cooperation with other organizations that have similar objectives. UTU’s policies aim to realize:
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