Figure 11: Situation of demands and conclusions of negotiations for wage increase in major private companies in the springtime of 2012 Although the agreed amount and wage increase rate were at the level lower than the last year, many companies maintained wage curves.

Industry	Number of surveyed companies	Average age	Current wage base	Demanded amount	Agreed amount	Wage increase rate	(Reference) Agreed amounts in 2011
Number of companies	Agreed amount	Wage increase rate
Construction	23	37.3	295,811	7,790	5,535	1.87	23	6,528	2.02
Foods and tobacco	31	37.9	312,638	5,873	5,350	1.71	33	5,575	1.78
Fibers	11	38.0	293,752	5,649	5,488	1.87	11	5,509	1.88
Papers and pulp	3	40.6	317,359	5,000	4,711	1.48	4	4,639	1.48
Chemical	32	38.1	333,270	6,433	6,262	1.88	32	6,536	1.94
Petroleum	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Rubber products	7	38.3	293,207	5,257	5,202	1.77	7	5,191	1.81
Ceramic	3	36.5	284,706	6,642	6,006	2.11	3	5,837	2.06
Steel	13	41.4	285,855	5,856	3,695	1.29	15	3,693	1.29
Non-ferrous metal	11	38.2	296,942	5,592	5,058	1.70	11	4,743	1.60
Machinery	19	37.4	299,287	6,284	6,067	2.03	16	5,959	1.99
Electric equipment	10	39.4	327,463	6,248	6,091	1.86	10	6,242	1.91
Shipbuilding	9	37.0	305,499	8,846	5,846	1.91	9	5,911	1.94
Precision equipment	5	39.5	325,899	6,033	5,891	1.81	5	6,071	1.84
Automobiles	39	37.5	310,734	6,356	6,164	1.98	37	6,144	1.99
Other manufacturing	11	37.8	292,135	5,600	4,547	1.56	8	5,084	1.66
Electricity and gas	13	39.4	289,071	6,750	4,201	1.45	13	5,101	1.75
Transportation	7	39.1	297,096	6,905	4,202	1.41	7	4,087	1.37
Wholesale and retail	63	37.1	290,115	6,122	4,758	1.64	63	4,975	1.73
Finance and insurance	2	35.6	275,286	6,301	5,737	2.08	2	5,799	2.16
Services	11	35.7	289,236	6,119	5,451	1.88	12	5,354	1.90
Average	324	38.1	303,238	6,403	5,400	1.78	322	5,555	1.83

Source: "Situation of Demands and Conclusions of Negotiations for Wage Increase in Major Private Companies (Springtime)" Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

1) The companies covered by the tabulation in 2012 are the 324 companies which have capital of 1 billion yen and 1,000 or more employees, which have a labour union, and for which an agreed amount (the amount of wage increase including the amount of periodical pay raise) can be identified. The figures are weighted average using the number of union members in each company.

2) If details of agreement cannot be identified for a company due to such reason that the agreed amount is not published, such company is excluded from the subjects of tabulation.

3) The amounts of demand are calculated on the basis of 269 companies for which specific amounts of demand are identified.

4) In principle, the average wage increase including periodical pay raise is used for the agreed amounts; however, the agreed amounts (the wage increase including periodical pay raise) at certain age points (such as age 30, age 35, etc.) are also partially included.

5) If the number of companies covered by the tabulation is 1 in a certain industry, the result is included for calculation of average of all industries, but the result for a certain industry is not published.

Figure 12: Transition of the estimated membership ratio of part-time workers

The ratio of the part-time workers who are labour union members to all labour union members tends to increase.

Source: "Basic Survey on Labour Unions" Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; "Labour Force Survey" Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

(Note) 1) The "total number of labour union members" and "ratio of the part-time workers who are labour union members to all labour union members" are those under the table for unit labour unions. Under the table covering the unit labour unions, each unit-treated union which is a sub-organization of a single organization union or unit organization union, is considered as one union upon tabulation. The unit organization union is a labour union which workers join as individuals under the union rules and which does not internally have sub-organizations (such as branches) operating independently.

The single organization union is a labour union which workers join as individuals under the union rules and which internally has sub-organizations (such as branches).

2) "Part-time workers" means the workers who are other than short-time regular workers, and whose scheduled working hours per day are shorter than those of the full-time workers in the business establishment, or whose scheduled working hours per week are shorter than those of full-time workers in the business establishment even if the scheduled working hours per day are the same as those of the full-time workers, or who are called part-timers, part-time employees, etc. in the business establishment.

3) "Estimated membership ratio" means the value obtained by dividing the number of part-time workers who are labour union members, by the number of short-time employees; the number of short-time employees is that of the employees whose working hours are less than 35 hours per week, and is based on the Labour Force Survey (June each year).

4) The estimated membership ratio of part-time workers in 2011 is not represented, as the number of short-time employees, which is used as the denominator and is based on the Labour Force Survey (June 2011), is not published due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake.