Japón - Changes in the employment relationship causing growing difficulties for union organising and activities (2010)

The number of atypical workers, who include part-timers, indirectly employed workers recruited for temporary work by agencies or for contract work by sub-contracting companies, as well as individuals working on a contract basis and are not considered employees under current laws, is growing. The Labour Force Survey conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications found that 34.1% of all employees were non-regular workers in the period between July and September 2009.

Organising atypical workers is being addressed, but many of these workers remain unorganised, which makes it difficult to exercise the right to bargain collectively. RENGO has stepped up its efforts to organise and support these workers by setting up a department for for “non-regular” (atypical) within the RENGO office, which cooperates with its affiliates and local RENGO offices.

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