Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare


“Basic Survey on Labour Unions, 2014”

 

Digest of the Summary Report

 

17-Dec-2014 The results of the “Basic Survey on Labour Unions, 2014” 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]

1. The number of labour union members was 9,849 thousand, a decrease of 26 thousand (0.3%) from 9,875 thousand in the previous year.【Table 1(PDF:278KB)】

2. The estimated unionization rate was 17.5%,a 0.2 point decrease in the previous year.【Table 1(PDF:278KB)】

3. The number of female union members was 3,054 thousand, an increase of 20 thousand (0.7%) from 3,034 thousand in the previous year.【Table 1(PDF:278KB)】

4. The number of union members who are part-time employees was 970 thounsand, an increase of 56 thousand from 914 thousand in the previous year. Its share in the overall number of union members increased 0.6 points to 9.9%.【Table 5(PDF:267KB)】

Please refer to the Summary Report for more details.


Top