A government survey shows that the percentage of Japanese workers belonging to labor unions has fallen to a record low of 17.1 percent, for the 6th straight year-on-year decline.
A government survey shows that the percentage of Japanese workers belonging to labor unions has fallen to a record low of 17.1 percent, for the 6th straight year-on-year decline.
The labor ministry says about 9.98 million workers belonged to unions as of the end of June. That’s up 41,000 from a year earlier.
But only 17.1 percent of full-time employees are unionized, down 0.2 percentage points from last year.
The figure is the lowest since the survey began in 1953.
