By Mr. Kiyohide Oomiya
I graduated from Yamagata University Electric Division in 1970.
I entered OKI Electric company in 1970 and retired in 1987.
My jobs were involved in the pattern design, test programing, circuit design of LIS, etc.

The situation at work.
When The mass dismissal of 1978, at first labor union opposed it, but eventually they accepted it.
Atmosphere at work was changed.
The discrimination towards those who supported the struggle started.
Calisthenics were used as a loyalty test to be obedient to the company, and the people who refuse to do it were discriminated against.

In the labor unions election, in 1980, the company tried to make the candidates win that were appointed by the company as a whole. The managers were at the core of this campaign, solely active in promoting this candidate.
In the election, I supported Mr Tanaka who ran as a candidate against the company.
We knew there was no possibility for us to win, because it was not possible to win in such a company that dominated the campaign election.
In the work place there were no human rights for freedom of thinking, that should have been protected by the constitution.
I thought that the struggle of this election had meaning, to fight for our right in the work place.

discrimination towards me
I didn't support distributing the fliers but always took them.
I didn't do calisthenic at all.
I thought I received discrimination after the mass dismissal, because I turn down the company's request to do calisthenics or to not take the fliers.

My wage assessment was changed to negative after the mass dismissal.
I asked my boss for the reason of this. But he didn't say anything.

Before the dismissal I had designed LSI, but gradually the company stopped giving me the designing jobs.
Instead of that, they asked me to make the summery of articles of patent.
But this job was not important, like as made some one to quit the designing of LSI.
My boss didn't ask me anything at all about the report of the summary after my exhibition.

My coworkers gradually changed and started to not speak to me, even my good friends.
But I knew they hadn't bad feeling toward me by their attitude.
I would like to say that in such an atmosphere, made by the company, it was difficult for them to speak me, even my good friends.

I had bad memories also.
The relationship between Mr. Aihara and I was pretty good, even after the dismissal like as when we went on a ski trip together.
He had criticized company policy before severely.
But after a business trip aboard to the several countries, his attitude had changed.
There was a rumor that he had changed his mind by the persuasion of his department chief and section chief and his business trip was a reward for him changing his mind.
One day, in a laboratory, I asked him if I may use a power supply system after he had finished using it.
But he refused by very insolent utterance.
He called me Mr. Oomiya before, but at that time he just called me Oomiya.
It was too rude so I grabbed him in the collar almost unconsciously because of anger.
Aihara had gotten tough with other people who had received discrimination also.
There were other people besides Aihara who had also gotten tough towards those receiving discrimination.

I have a memory of Mr. Mitarai, who was the boss of the general affairs department,
One day I met Mitarai in front of a sign board.
On the board, someone had written a graffito.
Then Mitarai said to me "Didn't you write this graffito?"
There was no reason or evidence to say such a thing.
I felt bad.

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