ILEA000004194: Rengo's Washio submits wage hike demand to Nikkeiren

Thousands of workers protest over high inflation in South Africa

STORY: Thousands of workers protest over high inflation in South Africa DATELINE: July 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: Johannesburg CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the protest STORYLINE: Thousands of workers affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) took to the streets on Thursday in major cities of the country to express their concerns about the economy amid high inflation. Due to the energy crisis, weak economic development and rising interest rates, millions of people are now struggling financially, said the COSATU, the largest labor union federation in South Africa. There were marches in Durban, Bloemfontein, Cape Town and other parts of the country, where the workers were holding placards that read, "End poverty, job losses, and inequality" and "Equal pay for work of equal value." Zingiswa Losi, president of the COSATU, said the energy crisis has a direct impact on the workers. "Employers must pay workers a living wage. We must create jobs in South Africa, a

ANA group labor unions enter strike affecting domestic flights

NAGOYA, Japan - Passengers flock to an All Nippon Airways ticket counter at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya on April 11. Four labor unions of the All Nippon Airways Co. group went on strike after their wage-hike negotiations with the major airline company broke down earlier in the day, affecting domestic flights but not international ones. (Kyodo)

Employers, unions team up to solve job mismatch

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (L) addresses a meeting called March 15 to discuss Japan's soaring unemployment as Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations, and Etsuya Washio (R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (R), listen. The three agreed to join hands in solving the growing mismatch between job seekers and offers.

Management, labor hold wage, employment discussion

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuya Washio (L, standing), chief of the eight million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), delivers a speech at the beginning of a roundtable discussion with the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), Japan's largest employers' organization, at a Tokyo hotel Jan. 21. They discussed the upcoming spring wage negotiations, including wage and employment issues.

Employers' group endorses wage cut stance for labor talks+

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations (Nikkeiren), addresses an general assembly of the nation's largest employers' group in Tokyo on Jan. 12. The meeting approved a basic stance calling for wage reductions in exchange for job security for workers.

Employers meet trade union leaders

Jiro Nemoto (standing R), chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkeiren), speaks to top officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Jan. 20 in Tokyo at a meeting to discuss key issues related to their annual wage hike negotiations. Rengo President Etsuya Washio (L) is sitting opposite Nemoto.