Shunto

Shunto

Summary of Shunto

Literally, the “spring offensive,”representing the annual wage talks between Japanese labor unions and employers. Such meetings are often punctuated by worker demonstrations (of brief duration), hanging of banners proclaiming worker demands, and the wearing of red armbands bearing the inscription “solidarity” by the workers. As a result of the 1984 Shunto, Japanese workers were accorded average annual wage increases of 4.4 percent; this had also been the result in 1983.

While the Shunto is a noisy and outwardly menacing demonstration of worker demands, union-employer discussions tend to be businesslike and productive, and protracted work stoppages are rare; this is manifested in the fact that over one-half of all Japanese “strikes”have a duration of less than four hours.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)


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