2-18-11 Japan: Labor Movement Launches National Effort for Higher Wages

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.politicalaffairs.net/japan-labor-movement-launches-national-effort-for-higher-wages/

by: Japan Press Weekly
February 18 2011

Original source: Japan Press Weekly

Unionists carry out nationwide actions to press large companies to increase wages

Unionists across Japan on February 10 and 11 took part in actions with the aim of putting pressure on large companies to increase wages to help in the recovery of Japan’s economy.

In Tokyo on February 10, members of the People’s Spring Struggle Joint Committee’s unions, including participants affiliated with the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren), staged a day of action.

During the lunch break, about 7,000 workers participated in a rally held at Hibiya Amphitheater under the slogan, “Eradicate poverty! Provide job opportunities! Protect employment and livelihoods!”

In a show of support of labor unions’ demands for economic recovery led by domestic demand and opposition to Japan’s entry into Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact, small- and medium-sized company owners, farmers, and citizens also joined the rally.

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