Labour unions emerged in Japan in the second half of the Meiji period, after 1890, as the country underwent a period of rapid industrialization. Until...

Labor unions represent United States workers in many industries recognized under US labor law since the 1935 enactment of the National Labor Relations...

threatening to close or move a plant. Labor unions first developed in Costa Rica in the late 1880s. The first unions were organized with the help of the...

Confederation. However, in Japan, union organisation is slightly different due to the presence of enterprise unions, i.e. unions that are specific to a...

The labor force in Japan numbered 65.9 million people in 2010, which was 59.6% of the population of 15 years old and older, and amongst them, 62.57 million...

the purge, Japanese conservatives fomented "democracy cells" within the established, Communist Party-dominated labor unions. As these unions collapsed...

Republicans who supported unions in the Northeast lost power after 1964. In recent decades, an enduring alliance was formed between labor unions and the Democrats...

there were from 560,000 to 760,000 Japanese personnel in the Soviet Union and Mongolia interned to work in labor camps as POWs. Of them, it is estimated...

other labor unions. Local organizations in 10 prefectures and 1 region of Japan. Organized labour portal Labor unions in Japan National Union of General...

month. Japanese labor unions made reduced working hours an important part of their demands, and many larger firms responded in a positive manner. In 1986...

Japan Teachers Union (日本教職員組合, Nihon Kyōshokuin Kumiai, JTU), abbreviated Nikkyōso (日教組, Nikkyōso), is Japan's oldest labor union of teachers and school...

"sweatshop" is associated with manufacturing, and the garment trade in particular; however, in Japan black companies are more often associated with office work...

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Labor Thanksgiving Day (勤労感謝の日, Kinrō Kansha no Hi) is an annual public holiday in Japan celebrated on November 23 of each year, unless that day falls...

federal and provincial labor law made strong trade unions national policy. If workers were allowed to opt out of paying union dues, the free rider problem...

general strike that labor unions had scheduled for 1 February. Thereafter, the occupation took measures to reduce the power of unions, most notably by issuing...

began in the early 19th century and since the late 19th century has included industrial (Australian unions) and political wings (Australian Labor Party)...

Edson (August 2012). "A new form of union organizing in Japan? Community unions and the case of the McDonald's 'McUnion'". Work, Employment and Society....

Public Workers' Unions, to form the Japanese Confederation of Labour. The following unions were affiliated in 1945: The following unions were later affiliates:...

Jendāresu) is a fashion subculture that emerged in Japan in the mid-2010s. Aiming to break societal gender norms in fashion, the genderless subculture is centered...

Chūnibyō (中二病) is a Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe early teens who have grandiose delusions, who desperately want to stand out, and...

union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011. It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan Confederation of Labor...

labour began to decline in industrialised societies due to regulation and economic factors because of the Growth of trade unions. The regulation of child...

is a Japanese cultural concept usually translated into English as "harmony". It implies a peaceful unity and conformity within a social group in which...

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underpin much of Japanese cultural and aesthetic norms on what is considered tasteful or beautiful. Thus, while seen as a philosophy in Western societies...

Non-government entities, such as the trade unions and employers, also play a role in the country's labor. The Philippines has one of the biggest available...

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000 in September 2002 to 520,000 in September 2003, according to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Other surveys by the Japanese government...

Kōsei-rōdō-shō) is a cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as Kōrō-shō (厚労省) in Japan. The ministry provides services on health...