Bill Peters
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-03-10Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 5 →
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Toshiba Ampex - workers have occupied to stop closure Japan's population is 120 million. The total workforce is 55 million of which 38 million are employees (i.e. excluding self-employed, etc). Of these, 13 million are women. The highest organisation rates exist in gas, water, electricity and public services, followed by transportation, communication, finance and The organisation rate in mining and manufacturing is nearly 40%. In contrast the lowest organisation rate is in wholesaling, retailing, construction, agriculture, forestry, fishing and service industries such as hotels. Generally speaking, smaller enterprises are less organenterprise . unions cover 93% of organised workers.
In each enterprise or plant, from, for example, a car company with tens of thousands of workers to a small factory with 50 workers. the union is entirely autonomous and TY VARIVINI MANUAL financially self-administered and self supporting.
From this, of course, the individual enterprise unions come together to form Federations based on the particular sector of industry and political colour of the union.
Collective bargaining insurance. ised.
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