[영문] 일본 노동운동의 보수화된 이유

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와세다대학교 교환학생 시절 작성한 보고서입니다.
일본의 노동운동이 1970년대에 접어들어 왜 그토록 보수화되었는지 원인을 밝히는 글입니다.

목차

Intro: Integration of Japanese Labor into Japan Inc.
1. Non-discriminatory Wage policy of Japanese Firms by Industry and Education
2. ‘Keiretsu’ rationalizing poor working condition in small and medium enterprises (SME)

Reference

본문내용

After the defeat of the Second World War, Japan experienced fierce labor movement. The military command of Japan was dissolved by Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) which gave Japanese public the opportunity to seek for labor right. “SCAP gave Japanese workers the rights to organize, to bargain collectively and to strike. By the end of 1948 around 56 percent of the industrial labor forces were in their own labor unions.” The Japanese Communistic Party and Socialist Party were also established in 1945.
The reason for this rapid growth of labor and political movements was due to the repressed fervor of the Japanese public toward democratic system. Historically, their voice had no power during Meiji period and military control of the war period. The SCAP gave them an avenue to speak out their own economic and political demand for the first time in modern era.
However by the late 1970s, it was fair to say it had successfully been integrated into the Japan Inc.

참고 자료

W. R. Garside, Japan’s Great Stagnation, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2012
Brunello, The Relationship between Unions and Firm Performance in a Sample of Small and
Medium Japanese Manufacturers, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1992
Clark, The Japanese Company, Yale University Press, 1979
Japanese Ministry of Health, labor and Welfare, 1969, 1971, 2005
Kenney & Florida, "Beyond Mass Production: The Social Organization of Production and Innovation in Japan." Politics and Society 16 (1):121-58, 1988