The union's central organization, the Union, should hold a rally in Tokyo to discuss next year's spring fighting policy, and participants should actively seek wage increases to improve the treatment of non-regular employees. Opinions came one after another.
About 500 people, including representatives of labor unions nationwide, participated in the rally held in Arakawa-ku, Tokyo.
The "Union" has a policy of requesting a wage increase of about 4% in total, which is equivalent to a "base increase" that raises the basic salary after securing a regular salary increase according to age and years of service in the next spring fight.
Participating union members said, "We should actively seek wage increases for non-regular employees such as part-time workers as well as regular employees." "Women who are particularly affected by the spread of the new coronavirus infection." We should make further efforts to improve employment in Japan. "
Based on the discussion on the 2nd, the "Union" will formally decide the spring fighting policy for next year at the central committee on the 2nd of next month.
Mr. Yoshino, Chairman of the "Union", said, "I would like to firmly raise the demand for wage increases so that it will lead to better treatment for non-regular employees."
From the participants ...
The general secretary of the labor union, which is made up of ceramic product manufacturers who participated in the rally, said, "It is difficult for local companies with lower wages than in urban areas to hire even if they submit jobs due to lack of manpower. The wage gap is a problem. I know that some companies are using employment adjustment subsidies to protect the employment of their employees, and it is difficult to manage, but I think it is necessary to raise wages. " Was there.