There is also a movement for an early settlement in response to the union's request before the spring battle intensive answer date

Negotiations for the spring labor offensive are in full swing, but this year there is a movement to settle early by responding to the demands of the union without waiting for the concentrated response date, mainly for major companies.

The 15th of this month is the intensive response day for this year's spring labor offensive, and negotiations between management and unions are in full swing at many companies.

According to UA Zensen, which is made up of labor unions in the textile chemical, distribution, service industries, etc., reports of settlements have been reported one after another from the end of last month, which is earlier than usual, and on the 7th, unions from six companies nationwide received full responses. was reported to have been shown.

Of these, Daiei agreed to raise wages by 4.29% for regular employees and 7% for part-time workers.

According to UA Zensen, amid soaring prices and labor shortages, the management of each company seems to be responding to the union's demands without waiting for the concentrated response date from the perspective of maintaining the household budget of employees and securing human resources. about it.

Chairman Akihiko Matsuura said, "I would like to express my respect to both the labor union's efforts to meet the expectations of union members and the management's recognition of the importance of investing in people as prices continue to rise. Next week will be the climax. First of all, I would like to raise wages at major companies, and then connect them to negotiations with small and medium-sized companies."

Such movements are also appearing in other industries, and in the automobile industry, Toyota Motor Corporation is the highest case, and the union that requested a monthly wage increase of 9370 yen, etc. In addition to showing a policy to respond to the full amount in the first negotiation, Honda has already responded to the union's request for a wage increase of 19,000 yen per month, which is a rate of about 5%, including the amount equivalent to the base increase and the regular salary increase.

This year's spring labor offensive will focus on the spread of wage increases and the level of the wage increase rate, and each company will proceed with the final negotiations toward the intensive response date.