Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

Metalworkers' unions presenting pay-hike demands

TOKYO, Japan - Rikio Kozu (R), chairman of the labor union at Nippon Steel Corp., presents the union's wage demands to company director Kizo Hirayama at its head office in Tokyo on Feb. 10 as labor unions at steel and heavy machinery makers and shipbuilding companies began this year's wage negotiations. (Kyodo)

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