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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.