Japan’s largest labor union group said its workers secured the highest pay deal in more than three decades, supporting the case for further gradual interest rate hikes from the Bank of Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/14/companies/japan-firms-wage-hikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #wages #japaneseeconomy #inflation #boj #shunto
Japan continues to see pay hike momentum among major companies in this year’s spring wage negotiations, with a number of such employers saying they have agreed to the demands of their respective labor unions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/12/companies/large-japanese-companies-shunto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shunto #unions #rengo #wages #jobs #japaneseeconomy #toyota #mitsubishiheavyindustries #hitachi #fujitsu #nec
The weighted average of wage hikes demanded by 2,939 member unions of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, in this year's labor-management negotiations came to 6.09%, a Rengo survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/06/shunto-pay-hike-demand-top-6/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #shunto #unions #rengo
Labor unions of Hitachi and other major Japanese electronics companies demanded a monthly pay scale hike of a record ¥17,000 in their spring labor talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/13/japan-electronics-union-wage-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #hitachi #sharp #wages #shunto
A labor-management forum in Tokyo on Friday marked the start of spring wage negotiations, with the focus on whether the previous year's strong pay hike momentum seen among large firms will spread to smaller businesses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/31/spring-wage-talks-begin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #jobs #wages #unions #shunto #rengo #keidanren
The umbrella group for unions in Japan's electronics industry said Thursday that its members will request a pay scale hike of at least ¥17,000 ($109) per month in the 2025 spring wage negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/23/companies/electronics-unions-pay-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shunto #unions #wages
The Japan Federation of Service and Tourism Industries Workers' Unions plans to demand a record pay hike of 6% including regular raises in this year's shuntō spring wage negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/21/companies/wage-talks-service-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shunto #wages #tourism #customerharassment
Keidanren released guidelines for its member companies on this year's spring wage negotiations, urging them to consider pay scale hikes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/21/companies/keidanren-pay-scale-hikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #keidanren #wages #shunto #jobs
Japanese auto unions will seek five more days off a year in labor-management negotiations this spring, as the industry lags behind others in providing time off for workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/19/japan-auto-union-day-off-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #carmakers #unions #cars #jobs #shunto #wages
Bonuses paid by major Japanese companies in winter 2024 averaged ¥891,460, rewriting an all-time high for the first time in five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/17/companies/japanese-firms-bonuses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #wages #jobs #japaneseeconomy #unions #shunto
