1998 Spring Struggle the First Agreement Results:
(17 April 1998)
(As of 13 April 1998, private sector only)
Individual Specific Wage scale method with base-up only
(Yen)
average per union (simple average)
wage level
before
revision		 1998 demand 1998 agreed 1997 result
No of
unions		 No of
person		 wage level base-up
only		 wage level base-up
only		 wage level base-up only
Age 35 86 637,204 299,074 302,739 6,967 301,053 1,979 298,475 2,721
Age 30 44 82,270 259,045 265,123 6,078 261,350 2,305 262,218 2,685


Individual Specific Wage scale method with base-up and periodical increase
(Yen)
average per union (simple average)
wage level
before
revision		 1998 demand 1998 agreed 1997 result
No of
unions		 No of
person		 wage level increase wage level increase wage level increase
Age 35 131 255,990 290,062 301,596 14,144 298,837 8,775 286,649 8,686
Age 30 123 421,180 255,840 270,313 13,212 264,647 8,807 257,789 8,945



Average wage increase method
(Yen)
average per individual (simple average)
No of
unions		 No of
person		 age years of
service		 average
wage		 1998
demand		 1998 agreed 1997 result
678 1,748,165 38.4 17.2 307,540 13,504 8,040 8,655
average per union (accumulated average)
age years of
service		 average
wage		 1998
demand		 1998 answer 1997 result
37.5 15.4 279,364 13,506 7,096 7,646


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