European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes saturday March 17 2007 labor Union threatens Satin at Yokosuka by Allison Batdorff and Hana Kusumoto stars and stripes Yokosuka naval base Japan a japanese labor Union is threatening a Satin if the us Navy Doest take action on a Yokosuka workers Asbestos related medical leave claim members of zen Churo Yokosuka the local Branch of the Japan Garrison forces labor Union handed out More than 2000 fliers from am to am to those coming through Yokosuka naval base Gates thurs Day the fliers Call for a Satin if Progress int made quickly in the medical leave claim of a naval facilities engineering command far East worker diagnosed in april with Malig Nant Pleura mesothelium a believed to be caused from Asbestos exposure on the Job said the groups Secretary general Hiroki Otogawa the worker was approved by the workers Accident compensation insurance system in mid August but whether his medical leave will be counted As on duty or of duty is still under review by the Navy on duty med ical leave gives workers full summer and yearned bonuses 90 Days of paid leave and up to three years of unpaid leave of duty leave is restricted to on fifth of bonuses 90 Days of paid leave and 180 Days of unpaid leave the worker in question currently is in of duty medical leave status which has caused disadvantages Otogawa said he has been off work for a year and his symptoms have progressed he said the Union wants the Navy to change the personnel Sta Tus to on duty medical leave but while commander naval forces Japan highly values the service and sup port of the master labor contractors in Japan this process takes time inf a spokes Man cmdr David Waterman said in an email to ensure the Best possible out come Legal processes and medical proce dures have been meticulously observed so that the end result will be the Best solution that can be provided Waterman said the Navy the government of japans de sense facilities administration Agency and the Union have worked together for months on this Issue he added the three parties will meet again next week and the Navy is due to give a response or Tell the group when a response can be expected Otogawa said the Union then will de cide whether to plan a Satin he said about 4000 workers belong to zen Churo at Yokosuka naval base email Allison Batdorff at email Hana Kusumoto at us probes alleged deserter who joined s korean army by to Flack and Hwang Harrym stars and stripes Seoul officials Are investigating a Man who allegedly deserted the us army then joined the South korean army a us forces Korea spokesman con firmed thursday the Soldier identified in news reports Only As a 26yearold Man named Kim joined the us army in 2003 in a bid to receive us citizenship South korean ministry of National defense officials con firmed when Kim Learned he was slated for a deployment to Iraq with the us army he returned to South Korea in 2005 and joined the army Here the official con firmed the Soldier who had allegedly deserted the us army voluntarily turned himself in to us Mili tary officials last week reportedly with the knowledge of his Rok army superiors according to a Usk statement he is currently at his Rok army unit while us military officials investigate the matter the Usk statement said the coordination is to be made with the Republic of Korea army after the investigation is completed the and spokesman said Kim remains on duty with the 25th in Fantry division he is not under confinement but is carrying out his Normal daily Mission the spokesman said this is very complicated Case even in terms of International Law since private Kim is a korean solider As Well As an american de Serter the and spokesman said so far the Concrete solution has not come out yet but we Are consulting this matter with us military authorities email the Korea Bureau at i i to take stand testify he didst order killings the associated press fort Campbell by an army staff sergeant will Tell a Mil itary court thursday that he did not order members of his squad to kill three iraqi detainees As his soldiers have testified but did help them cover up the crime his attorney said staff sgt Ray Girouard 24 is accused of telling his soldiers to release the detainees they Cap tured and then shoot them As they fled near Samarra Iraq he was expected to testify later thurs Day so much of the entire Case is obviously going to hinge on him and his testimony and whether they believe him said Gir guards attorney Anita Gorecki Girouard is the last and most senior Soldier from the 101st air borne division to face trial in the killings during a May 9 raid on a suspected insurgent Camp pc Micah Bivins the medic with the squad testified thurs Day that he responded to the shootings and found one of the three detainees still alive with a weak pulse and shallow breath ing Bivins said the surviving Man was not the Detainee pfc Juston Graber claimed to have shot Graber testified wednesday that Girouard gave soldiers the option of taking part in the shooting Graber said he shot one of the detainees who survived the initial gun blasts from a fellow Soldier Graber pleaded guilty in Janu Ary to aggravated assault for shooting one of the three detainees who had been wounded and was sentenced to nine months in a military jail pfc Corey Clagett and pc will Iam Hunsaker initially told investigators they shot in Sel defense be cause the detainees attacked them and tried to escape Gorecki said Girouard had no knowledge of their plans to kill the three men but decided to help after finding the detainees dead hell admit when he came upon the scene he surmised what happened and then he made a loyalty decision and he opted to help them out Gorecki said wednesday 2 Days Only mar 1718 saturday sunday in the Foster marketplace mall at thais House of Jade store dont miss it i Many unique items come out for the excitement o sri 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