Toyota Unions to Request at Least 3,000 Yen in Pay-Scale Hike

January 14, 2018

Nagoya- The federation of labor unions within the Toyota Motor Corp. group adopted Saturday a unified request for a monthly pay-scale hike of 3,000 yen or more in this year's "shunto" spring wage negotiations with management.

The Federation of All Toyota Workers' Unions made the decision at a central committee meeting in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. It will mark the fifth consecutive year of a pay-scale hike demand from the federation, consisting of some 342,000 group workers.

The federation will request annual bonuses equivalent to five months' salary at least.

In this year's shunto, the federation will aim to reduce pay gaps within the group by continuing wage increases at Toyota affiliates.

While Toyota's earnings are on a recovery trend, uncertainty overshadows the automobile industry amid major changes in the business environment partly due to the increasing need to adopt sophisticated technologies.

The federation is expected to face tougher shunto negotiations than usual, Mitsuyuki Tsuruoka, president of the federation, told a central committee meeting Friday.

Major labor unions of Toyota are expected to submit their requests to the management side on Feb. 14.

The Toyota Motor Workers' Union, a member of the federation, plans to demand a monthly pay-scale increase of 3,000 yen. Jiji Press