August

Japan: Labor Movement Calls for Minimum Wage Hike

by: Japan Press Weekly 5.Aug

The Welfare Ministry’s Central Minimum Wages Council on July 27 made a recommendation to increase regional minimum hourly wages ranging from 1 yen to 18 yen, a 6 yen increase to 736 yen on average.During the tripartite council’s discussions, in which labor, management and experts took part, the management side was unwilling to raise minimum wages, alleging a negative impact on small- and medium-sized enterprises in the disaster-hit region.

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Time to Change the Subject from Fake Political Crisis to Real Economic Crisis

by: AFL-CIO 4.Aug

AFL-CIO Executive Council StatementWashington, DCThe United States is in a continuing and severe jobs crisis.