The 17th is the intensive response day for this year's shunto.
As the effects of the new coronavirus continue, management is increasingly saying that the wage increase rate will be lower than 2% since 2013, with a series of responses that are equal to or lower than last year's settlement amount.
At the "Metal Workers' Association" in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, which has about 2.1 million workers, mainly in the manufacturing industry such as automobiles and electric appliances, the amount of answers from major companies is being reported one after another.
Of these, IHI, a major machine maker, has forgotten the "base up" to raise the basic salary, and the lump-sum payment, which is a bonus, is set to four months' worth of monthly salary, which is less than the union's request, and it is concluded by paying 50,000 yen as a cooperation fee. Did.
In the automobile industry, Toyota Motor Corp. responded that it would raise the total amount of wage increases, including regular salary increases, by 9,200 yen per person per month as requested by the union, and settled.
It is 600 yen higher than last year's conclusion, but it is not clear whether it will include the amount equivalent to the base increase.
In addition, the bonus was settled for 6 months of monthly salary, which is a full answer.
Toyota's spring battle focused on solving workplace issues, such as promoting digitalization, efforts to decarbonize, and responding to work styles that are changing due to the new corona.
In this spring battle, there were a number of cases in which the union side forgot the request for "base up" or did not disclose the content of the request, mainly for companies whose business performance deteriorated.
There is a widespread view from management that the wage increase rate will be lower than 2% since 2013, with a series of responses that are the same as or lower than last year's conclusion.
There are also concerns about the impact of a decline in personal consumption, and how to raise wages has become an issue again.