[P2P-F] Freeter Documentaries - Freedom and Survival - 10 million "Freeters" in Japan ?

Mon Dec 12 12:28:11 CET 2011

Documentaries :

In English - Freeter Union ? : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=godii2n37nk

French Arte Documentary  : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk-ugYzteqY

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Personal Note :

Time for a larger awareness of international solidarity networks of
freeters ?
And self organization through cooperative frameworks ?

Does anyone know freeter unions in Europe ?
I notice "lost generation" coming together via initiatives such as this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCocK4bKIFE
http://edgeryders.ppa.coe.int/stream

Sites such as couchsurfing.com , and other hospitalitysites, may also be
converging a number of "freeters"...

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Synopsis ( of Freeter Union Documentary )
Freedom and Survival -- The Freeter Union" is the story of a Japanese Union
created in 2004 in Tokyo through and for Freeters. Freeters are mostly
young japanese people, who work precariously. In the earlier times it was
often a conscious choice, creating an alternative life style apart from the
mainstream career in the Japanese Cooperations. But nowaday, especially
since the burst of the economic bubble in the 1990ies and through the
crisis in 2008, young people often have no other choice and becoming a
Freeter starts to be an existential necessity to survive in a society build
upon work as the most important value and identity. So the union has the
goal of fighting unjust work conditions to regain freedom as well as giving
solidarity and emotional support to each other in their everyday lives,
partially also through living together, which is quite unusual in Japan.
Since 2004, more and more grass root groups have built up in other japanese
cities and diverse sub groups have emerged like the Kyabakura Union or the
Gas Station Union, which are organised inside the General Freeter Union.
Through the Union, the Freeters are able to collectively defend their
survival and support and empower themselves through direct actions against
unfair working conditions and bad bosses and solidarity with each other.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeter

*Freeter* (フリーター
*furītā*?<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets>)
(other
possible spellings are *furītā*, *furiita*, *freeta*, *furiitaa*, or *
furitaa*) is a Japanese
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language> expression
for people between the ages of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or
are unemployed, excluding
housewives<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housewife> and
students. The term originally included young people who deliberately chose
not to become salary-men <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaryman>, even
though jobs were available at the time.

Freeters may also be described as
*underemployed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underemployed>
* or freelance <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelance> workers. These
people do not start a career after high school or university, but instead
earn money from low skilled and low paid jobs. The low income makes it
difficult for freeters to start a family, and the lack of qualifications
makes it difficult to start a career at a later point in life. Freeters
have sometimes been described as people pursuing their dreams and trying to
live life to the fullest

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeter

Les *freeter* sont un phénomène relativement récent au Japon. Le mot fut
utilisé pour la première fois vers 1987, pendant la bulle
économique<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_%C3%A9conomique_japonais>,
et se référait aux jeunes gens choisissant délibérément de ne pas
travailler malgré un grand nombre de postes vacants à ce moment précis.À
cette période, les gens avaient une vision quelque peu romantique des
personnes poursuivant leurs rêves et essayant de vivre leur vie pleinement.
[évasif] <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Contenu_%C3%A9vasif> Dans
les premières années du xxie
siècle<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXIe_si%C3%A8cle>,
le nombre de *freeter* augmenta rapidement. On les a estimé en :

   - 1982 à 0,5 million de *freeter* au Japon ;
   - 1987 à 0,8 million ;
   - 1992 à 1,01 million ;
   - 1997 à 1,5 million.

Les chiffres officiels diffèrent beaucoup selon les estimations ; on a
ainsi compté 4,17 millions de *freeter* pour l’année 2001, et 2 millions,
soit approximativement 3 % de la population active, en 2002. On pense qu’en
2014, il y aura environ 10 millions de *freeter* au Japon. L’augmentation
rapide de leur nombre et leur impact dans la
société<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_japonaise>
inquiètent
les Japonais.
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