Labor union proposes expanding discretionary labor system

Labor union proposes expanding discretionary labor system

NAGOYA, Japan - Nobuaki Koga, chairman of the Japanese Electrical Electronic & Information Union (Denki Rengo) addresses his union's convention in Nagoya on July 3. He proposed a significant expansion of a labor system in which employees work at their own pace.

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