During this year's spring labor movement, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been holding meetings with administrative and labor-management organizations across the country in an effort to spread the movement toward wage increases to local regions.At a meeting held in Saitama Prefecture on the 8th, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been holding meetings with administrative and labor-management organizations across the country. It was confirmed that wage increases will be realized even for small and medium-sized enterprises.
During this year's spring labor movement, a ``Local Government-Labor-Management Conference'' was held in each prefecture where the administration, labor and management gather to discuss, and at the meeting held in Saitama Prefecture on the 8th, Governor Ohno's Also in attendance were representatives from federations and chambers of commerce.
At the meeting, Governor Ohno called for a lively exchange of opinions on issues that the government, labor organizations, and economic organizations should work together to address.
Afterwards, the meeting was held behind closed doors, but both labor and management expressed the opinion that in order to increase wages, it is necessary to pass on price increases, including personnel costs.
In addition, opinions were expressed that it is important to thoroughly disseminate the price pass-through guidelines published by the Fair Trade Commission by incorporating them into company governance.
After the meeting, Governor Ohno said, ``If we don't pass on prices, we won't have the resources to raise wages, so I would like to work with the national government to improve the environment.''
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, ``local government-labor-management conferences'' have been held in 16 prefectures by the 8th, and are scheduled to be held across the country in the future, so it will be interesting to see if this will lead to a ripple effect on the wage increase movement.