On the 10th of this year's spring battle, machine makers and labor unions of steel companies submitted a request for a wage increase to the management side all at once, and labor-management negotiations began in earnest.

Of these, at the head office of Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe City, the representative of the labor union submitted a request to the management on the morning of the 10th.



This is done online except for the representatives to prevent infection, and the representative of the labor union said, "There are headwinds such as soaring raw materials in the environment surrounding the manufacturing industry, but by raising wages, In addition to responding to rising prices, it will lead to a recovery and expansion of personal consumption, which is the axis of a virtuous cycle of the economy. "



Kawasaki Heavy Industries' labor union has forgotten the request for a wage increase equivalent to a base-up last year due to severe business performance due to the impact of the new corona, but this is a declining level given that business performance is on a recovery trend. We are requesting a monthly wage increase of 3500 yen, which is 500 yen higher.



On the 10th, the labor unions of machine makers IHI and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, as well as the labor unions of steel companies, submitted a request for a wage increase all at once.



For this spring battle, Prime Minister Kishida calls on the business community to cooperate to raise wages by more than 3% for companies whose business performance has recovered to pre-Corona levels in order to realize "new capitalism." I am.



However, the focus is on how far the movement to raise wages will spread, as the future of management is difficult to predict due to the re-expansion of infections and rising raw material prices.



Next week, unions such as the automobile and electrical industries are also planning to submit a request, and labor-management negotiations will begin in earnest toward the intensive response date in the middle of next month.