“Basic Survey on Labour Unions, 2013”
Digest of the Summary Report
17-Dec-2013 The results of the “Basic Survey on Labour Unions, 2013” have now been tabulated and released by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
This survey is carried out to identify the actual situation of the organization of labour unions including the estimated unionization rate and the distribution of union members by the industry, size of enterprise and their upper-part union. The survey is conducted in July regarding the situation as of June 30 every year, covering all unions..
[Key Survey Results]
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1. The number of labour union members was 9,875 thousand, a decrease of 17 thousand (0.2%) from 9,892 thousand in the previous year.【Table 1(PDF:32KB)】 2. The estimated unionization rate was 17.7%,a 0.2 point decrease in the previous year.【Table 1(PDF:32KB)】 3. The number of female union members was 3,034 thousand, an increase of 44 thousand (1.5%) from 2,990 thousand in the previous year.【Table 1(PDF:32KB)】 4. The number of union members who are part-time employees was 914 thounsand, an increase of 77 thousand from 837 thousand in the previous year. Its share in the overall number of union members increased 0.8 points to 9.3%. |
Please refer to the Summary Report for more details.