Support unions unsettled negotiations in the 1998 Spring Struggle (10 April 1998)


Rengo has set 6 - 10 April as a week to promote conclusions of new agreements by remaining unions. This week is also aimed at taking out replies from employers' side and correcting the disparity between major and small enterprises.

1998 Spring Struggle Results (as of 6 April 1998)

Individual Specific Wage scale method with base-up only
(Yen)
average per union (simple average)
wage level
before
revision
1998 demand 1998 answer 1997 result
No of
unions
No of
person
wage level base-up
only
wage level base-up
only
wage level base-up only
Age 35 92 647,458 299,640 304,229 7,192 301,478 1,838 298,065 2,721
Age 30 37 77,190 260,804 266,727 5,923 263,068 2,264 264,413 2,928


Individual Specific Wage scale method with base-up and periodical increase
(Yen)
average per union (simple average)
wage level
before
revision
1998 demand 1998 answer 1997 result
No of
unions
No of
person
wage level increase wage level increase wage level increase
Age 35 129 264,498 288,757 300,029 14,135 297,497 8,739 287,273 8,720
Age 30 119 436,009 256,207 270,893 13,333 265,172 8,965 260,370 8,858



Average wage increase method
(Yen)
average per individual (simple average)
No of
unions
No of
person
age years of
service
average
wage
1998
demand
1998 answer 1997 result
689 1,777,832 38.4 17.2 307,629 13,509 8,030 8,647
average per union (accumulated average)
age years of
service
average
wage
1998
demand
1998 answer 1997 result
37.5 15.4 278,975 13,521 7,033 7,630



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