ILEA000031785: Toyota group unions rally for spring labor offensive

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Foxter Corporation (Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture) will release in May a hybrid image processing system that combines Preferred Networks' (PFN, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) artificial intelligence (AI) visual inspection and conventional image processing methods.The company will market the system in Japan and China in cooperation with a subsidiary of the OPTEX Group, which is engaged in the manufacture of lighting for image processing, in terms of sales and service. The sales target is 200 units a year. Auto parts manufacturers and others have already begun to introduce the system on a trial basis. The device in the center of the photo is the AI Stellar Controller. (Photo taken on March 16, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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The union called for the establishment of a wage system that rewards union members for their efforts by further strengthening the method of differentiating salaries based on evaluations. Although the new distribution system has been postponed with no increase in pay, the reform of the evaluation system has become a common understanding between labor and management. The company expressed its desire to incline the wage system to be maintained, including regular pay raises, in this spring's struggle. In response, Chairman Nishino took a positive stance, saying, "Labor and management will continue to hold discussions. The entire industry is closely watching the future of Toyota's wage system reform. The photo shows then-Vice President Kawai (right) at a press conference following the company's response to the Spring Offensive on March 11. (Photo taken on March 11, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Toyota annual wage negotiations

Toyota Motor Corp. labor union members, seen in this file photo, stage a rally in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in March 2019, ahead of annual wage negotiations. The following year's rally was canceled due to the spread of a new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The PASONA logo

PASONA, Pasona, Pasona Group, temporary staffing, temporary staffing agency, temporary staffing agency, worker dispatch business, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = May 30, 2019, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Members of a Japanese environmentalist group protest against Hitachi Ltd.'s British nuclear project in front of its head office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ministers meet with business, labor leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) and his Cabinet members meet with leaders of business and labor circles on Dec. 16, 2014, in Tokyo. They agreed it is important to boost corporate earnings to bail the nation out of deflation so they can achieve wage hikes and expansion in consumption. (Kyodo)

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Toyota group unions rally for spring labor offensive

TOYOTA, Japan - Union members of the Toyota Motor Corp. group rally to fight their spring labor offensive to demand salary hikes in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture on March 9. (Kyodo)

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