“I lost my job in Corona” Consultation for the needy in Hibiya Park: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web



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People who visited the place for consultation (left side)

People who visited the place for consultation (left side)

On the 19th, 20 groups such as Zenroren and civic groups collaborated to hold an “Everything Consultation Meeting” at Hibiya Park in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, for people in need of life who lost their jobs due to the effects of the new corona virus. . 52 people visited. I heard Corona’s cry of pain, “I’m out of work” and “There aren’t many jobs.” (Masanori Inoue, Yasushi Inoue)

◆ I can’t pay the rent and “I’m going to a friend’s house.”

“I can’t pay the rent because my work has been reduced. I’m going to a friend’s house.” A 73-year-old man who works as part of a building management company responded to the interview with a heavy expression after the inquiry.

A man who said

A man who said he “entered a friend’s house” because his work was cut and he couldn’t pay the rent. I got the vegetables and fruits that I got and went home

I was tasked with cleaning the university, but in May under the emergency declaration, I was told that there was no place to clean because there were no students in the online class. The work that was 5 days a week has been reduced to 1 day a week, and the monthly income has increased from about 120,000 yen to about 40,000 yen even in many months. I can’t afford the rent for an apartment in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, and will be moving into an acquaintance’s house.

Men and friends alike live alone, but since the friend’s house is not as big as six tatami mats, my heart aches to say, “I can’t stay forever.” Tonose said, “Eating is the best I can do,” and at the scene, I went home with a bag full of relief supplies, such as vegetables and fruits.

◆ Dismissal, hiring of more than 70,000 people, working generation

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Welfare, as of 11 this month, the number of layoffs and hires related to the spread of the new crown has exceeded 76,000, including the prospect. In the counseling session, there was a generation of workers.

Relief supplies prepared on site

Relief supplies prepared on site

An unemployed 45-year-old man in Sayama city, Saitama prefecture, complained that “the number of job offers for Hello Work and dispatch companies has drastically decreased.” I was in the ice age of employment, and since I was in my 20s, I was only hired for office or part-time work, and I have changed jobs. From October until the beginning of this month, he was sent for a short period of time to do office work for computer entry, but the contract was not renewed and he was unemployed. “I’m always at home, so I don’t spend money.”

An unemployed man (35) who was employed at a cabaret club in Saitama city suddenly said in April, “Please take a break,” and has not made any changes. I’m worried because I can’t find my next job. “Can I live? Sometimes I think it is better to disappear.”

◆ Feeling guilty and hesitating to apply for life protection.

Kenji Utsunomiya, a lawyer who consulted at the scene, said: “Although we are proposing the protection of life as an option, few people decide to apply for it because they feel guilty. It is the right of people to receive protection in case of problems. So, national and local governments should make such a transmission. ”

A man with relief supplies ready at the scene.

A man with relief supplies ready at the scene.

Supporting those in need in Hibiya Park is known as the “New Year’s dispatch village” when dispatch cutbacks were rampant due to the economic downturn caused by the Lehman shock in late 2008. Members who were active in At that time they said, “Twelve years ago, a lot of people were sent from the manufacturing industry, but this time there are a lot of people from the food and beverage and service industries.”

A man leaving the scene with distributed relief supplies.

A man leaving the scene with relief supplies delivered.


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