This year's spring labor movement focuses on increasing the wages of non-regular employees in order to achieve sustainable wage increases, but part-time and temporary workers have come together to form an initiative called ``Irregular Spring Labor''. At the outset, he appealed for the need for significant wage increases similar to those for regular employment.
The ``Irregular Spring Labor'' is an initiative that started last year for non-regular workers to demand wage increases from their respective workplaces. Our policy is to request a higher wage increase.
On the 8th, about 50 people gathered in front of the Keidanren in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, and shouted, ``The workplace is supported by non-regular workers. Large companies should listen to the voices of workers and improve their treatment.''
At a press conference afterward, a man in his 50s who works part-time at a publishing-related company said, ``My hourly wage is minimum wage, making life difficult, and some of my co-workers go to food banks.I want to use this initiative to raise wages.'' I talked to him.
Last year, there were more than 21 million people in Japan in non-regular employment, accounting for 37% of the total workforce, and this year's spring labor movement, whose theme was sustainable wage increases, has the potential to lead to wage increases for non-regular employment. It's the focus.
Kotaro Aoki, co-chairman of the General Support Union, which calls for ``irregular spring labor labor'', said, ``It makes sense that even people who do not have a labor union in their workplace or non-regular employees can be included in the spring labor negotiations. I want everyone to fight together," he said.
``Irregular Spring Labor'' plans to hold a free telephone consultation on February 11th at 0120-333-774 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.