UA Zensen, which is made up of labor unions in the textile and distribution industries, has announced that it will seek a wage increase based on "6%" for next year's spring wage negotiations, including regular salary increases. We would like to accelerate the trend of sustainable wage increases at a level that exceeds the "5% or more" requirement policy of the member unions.
UA Zensen is an industry-specific labor union made up of about 2200,185 unions in the textile, distribution, and service industries, with more than 6.6 million members, the largest number under the umbrella of the federation, and about 4% of them are part-time and other non-regular employees.
On the 6th, a meeting was held in Tokyo to discuss the policy for next year's spring labor negotiations, and in response to rising prices and labor shortages, the government announced its policy of requesting a wage increase of 6% equivalent to a base salary increase of 5% and a "70% baseline" when regular salary increases are combined.
The previous policy was to aim for around <> percent, but with the emphasis on "using it as a standard," we would like to accelerate the trend of sustainable wage increases at a level that exceeds the "<> percent or more" set by the union.
In addition, for those who work in non-regular employment, such as part-time workers, an hourly wage increase of <> yen is required to be further increased.
This policy is scheduled to be formally decided at the Central Committee meeting in January next year, and Akihiko Matsuura, chairman of UA Zensen, said, "Although this year's spring wage increase was the highest in 1 years, it cannot yet be said that it has emerged in terms of real wages.