Japan Small Makers' Unions to Seek 17,000-Yen Pay Scale Hike
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Tokyo, Dec. 4 (Jiji Press)--A federation of labor unions from small and midsize companies in Japan's machinery and metal sectors said Thursday that it will request a pay scale hike of at least 17,000 yen per month in next year's "shunto" spring labor-management negotiations. The Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery and Manufacturing Workers, or JAM, will make its largest-ever demand to ...
