June 8, 2010
Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions (IMF-JC)
At its 10th Strategic Committee Meeting, held today from 3:30 p.m., the IMF-JC gathered the responses it has received thus far. It also determined that the remaining negotiating parties in the Spring Offensive would aim for swift resolutions under the guidance of industry-based unions and that the various agencies for the 2010 Spring Offensive would be dissolved at the 6th Central Spring Offensive Committee to be held on June 14.
- Status of responses
As of June 4, of the 3,355 unions that comprise the IMF-JC, 2,840 have submitted demands, and 2,374 have received responses. The responses for each category of demands are listed below.
Wages
Of the unions that have received responses, 1,842 unions have been given their wage increase amounts or regular pay raise amounts. Among these, 1,600 unions can be said to have ensured their regular pay raise amounts, including the 227 unions that earned wage increases.
Bonuses
Of the 55 designated unions for aggregating responses, 53 have received responses (including performance-based calculations). Their average bonus amount is 4.41 months' pay, a 0.06 month increase from last year. Of the 155 small and medium-sized registered unions, 138 have received responses (including performance-based calculations). Their average bonus amount is 4.30 months' pay, a 0.18-month increase from last year. Throughout the IMF-JC, 1,805 unions have received responses to their demands on bonuses (including performance-based calculations). For these unions, the average bonus payment that can be calculated as months' pay is 3.90 months, a 0.16 month improvement over last year. 11.2% of unions will receive bonuses of at least 5 months' annual pay (2.5 months per half), 39.0% will receive 4 months' pay or more (up to 5 months' pay), and 49.8% will receive less than 4 months' pay.
Work-Life Balance and other working conditions
Unions are pushing their demands to achieve work-life balance through means such as increases in overtime pay rates, reductions in total actual working hours through paid vacations and other means, and total calculation of all working hours that exceed the hours prescribed in labor-management agreements. In terms of calculations of total working hours, 52 out of the 55 designated unions for aggregating responses are working to adopt systems that calculate the working hours that exceed the hours prescribed in legally binding labor-management agreements. Unions are also working to fulfill childcare and nursing care paid leave systems and increase compensation for work and transportation-related disasters.
Greater signing of minimum wage agreements, increases in minimum wages, and agreements regarding non-regular workers
Unions are working toward signing of more intra-company minimum wage agreements and securing increases in minimum wages that will in turn increase wages for non-regular workers in the metal industry. In addition, efforts are being made to fulfill labor-management agreements and other matters upon hiring of non-regular workers.
- Future Spring Offensives
As the 2010 Spring Offensive reaches its final stages, although unions still engaged in negotiations are putting in their best efforts toward swift resolutions, it can be said that negotiations for small and medium-sized unions have passed their critical stage. With this in mind, the various agencies established throughout the IMF-JC for the 2010 Spring Offensive will be dissolved at the 6th Central Spring Offensive Committee meeting on June 14. Unions still involved in negotiations will continue the Spring Offensive under the guidance of industry-based unions.
To evaluate the overall 2010 Spring Offensive efforts and describe the various issues involved, we will compile the "2010 Spring Offensive Evaluation and Issues" and report on them at the 49th National Convention.
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