Minister of Economic Revitalization Shindo "mobilizes all policy measures to raise wages and supports the spring labor movement as much as possible"

In a Sunday debate on NHK, Shindo, the Minister in charge of economic revitalization, said in a Sunday debate on NHK that the government will mobilize all its policies to achieve wage increases that exceed the price increases that the government is aiming for. I showed it.

Regarding wage increases that exceed the government's target for price increases, Minister Shindo said, ``We have an opportunity to make the economy strong for the first time in 30 years, and we must seize it at all costs and move on to the next stage.'' The goal is to raise wages, and I would like to mobilize all kinds of policies to achieve this.Since it is labor and management that decide salary levels, I would like to support the spring labor movement as much as possible."

Furthermore, ``Small and medium-sized enterprises account for 70% of workers, so there is no point in raising wages throughout the world, including small and micro businesses.If prices rise, wages that exceed prices will be paid.'' We need to make it a common social norm."

Keidanren Chairman Tokura commented on the wage increase during this year's spring labor movement, saying, ``Wage increases are the social responsibility of companies, and we are calling for them with more enthusiasm and determination than last year.Companies should keep an eye on prices and combine productivity improvements to raise prices. Our basic stance is to respond with base increases that outweigh increases, and I think this is finally happening.Structural wage increases are not something that can be achieved easily, but this year will be a very important year.'' said.

Chairman Yoshino of the federation said, ``As prices continue to rise and real wages continue to decline as a result, we must raise wages to a level that exceeds that of 2023.Last year, we set a target of ``around 5%,'' but This year, we are aiming for ``5% or more.'' We would like to proceed with discussions and negotiations, focusing in particular on the extent to which we can raise the standards of small and medium-sized businesses and non-regular workers.'' Ta.