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Japan Real wages down for 3rd year in row as inflation strains budgets [Asahi Shimbun] 06-02-2025
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This month in labour history
1-02-1947 On this date, the rival confederations Sanbetsu and Sodomei announced a national strike. Many unaffiliated unions join in over wage demands and the resignation of the government. [more]
4-02-1905 Wage tensions amid a wealth display by employers turn into an insurrectional strike lasting 3 days in the copper mines of Ashio, located a hundred kilometers north of Tokyo. [more]
22-02-1927 The first union for Korean casual labourers in Japan was formed: the Casual Workers' Union (Jiyü Rõdõsha Kumiai). [more]
23-02-1927 The first union for Korean casual labourers in Japan was formed: the Casual Workers' Union (Jiyü Rõdõsha Kumiai). It was organised by Korean anarchists Mun Seong-hun, Lee Si-woo, O Seong-mun, and others. [more]