2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Deregulation and Changes in Management-Labour Relations

Research Project

Project/Area Number	18530410
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	KAWANISHI Hirosuke Waseda University, 人間科学学術院, 教授 (20015837)
Project Period (FY)	2006 – 2009
Keywords	規制緩和 / 交通産業 / 経営合理化 / 労使関係 / 労働組合
Research Abstract	As a result of the deregulation policy in the private railway industry in 2002, programs of severe management rationalizations to reduce labor costs have been carried out by the management side. This research examines how the management rationalizations have affected the employees' will to work and the management-union relations. Through this research based on a case study of Company A in the private railway industry, several important points are identified regarding the remarkable successes of their labor union which have achieved the organizations of contract workers and their admission to the union. This is considered to be one of the most successful outcomes in current labor movements in Japan.

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