| Abstract | ||
| Survey Number | 0279 | |
| Survey Title | Survey on Labor Unions Formation and their Activities and Local Organization, 1996 | |
| Depositor | Hiroki Sato (Former Name:Former Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Labor) | |
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| Summary |
The rate of labor union organization is low in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the number of newly established labor unions is declining. There are various constraints on union activities in small and medium-sized enterprises, such as the absence of full-time officers, union offices, and leaders. What supports activities to maintain and develop current unions by overcoming these conditions? What is adequate support from the perspective of local organizations? The survey consisted of a company-based trade union survey and a regional organization survey, and the respective issues are as follows. The first task of the [Trade union survey] is to clarify the background factors behind the formation of trade unions and the preparatory process for the formation of trade unions. In particular, we will ascertain the challenges faced in the preparatory process, whether or not they received support from external trade union organizations, and the details of such support. Second, we will evaluate the results brought about by the formation of trade unions, as well as the activities of trade unions, changes in labor-management relations after the formation of trade unions, and the services provided by external trade unions. In the [Regional organization survey], the current status and issues of local organizations' activities mainly related to trade union organizing will be grasped, as well as the current status of services provided to affiliated unions to support their activities. From the above two surveys, we aim to gain a three-dimensional understanding of trade union organizing, the transition of trade union activities, and labor-management relations after trade unions are formed, including their relationship with external organizations. Face-to-face interviews with local organizations are also conducted. |
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| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data | |
| Universe |
[Labor union survey] Unit or single organization unions covered by the Labor Union Law. [Regional organization survey] Regional organizations such as labor union superorganizations. |
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| Unit of Observation | Organization | |
| Sample Size |
[Labor union survey] 2,700 unions sent (796 newly established unions, 1,904 established unions), 365 unions responded (response rate 14.6% (excluding 202 unions with unknown addresses)) [Regional organization survey] 270 unions sent, 70 unions responded (response rate 25.9%) |
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| Date of Collection |
1996-09 ~ 1996-09 [Labor union survey] September 1996 [Regional organization survey] October 1996 |
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| Time Period |
1996 ~ 1996 |
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| Spatial Unit | Tokyo prefecture | |
| Sampling Procedure |
[Labor union survey] From the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Labor and Economy's Labor Union List (each year's edition), we extracted labor unions that meet the following conditions from those that fall under the head offices of unitary or single organization unions covered by the Labor Union Law. a) Labor unions that were newly established in each year from 1986 to 1995 (unrestricted to the number of permanent employees in the company, excluding those newly established as a result of reorganization or establishment of new offices, etc.) 796 newly established unions. b) From the 1995 edition of the directory, unions other than those selected in a) were extracted from among the pre-existing unions established before 1985 with 999 or fewer regular employees and 6 or more members. 1,904 pre-existing unions. [Regional organization survey] The data were extracted from the "List of Major Labor Unions in Tokyo in 1995," Bureau of Labor Economics, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, for 270 local organizations such as labor union supreme bodies. |
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| Mode of Data Collection |
[Labor union survey] Questionnaires were sent to union officers of 2,700 labor unions, including those in a) and b) above, requesting that they fill out the questionnaire and return it directly to the union officers. [Regional organization survey] We sent a survey form for regional organizations to the officers of the 270 unions listed above, and asked them to fill it in and return it directly. |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.34500/SSJDA.0279 | |
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| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. | |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | |
| Documentation | [Labor Union questionnaire][Regional organization questionnaire] | |
| Major Survey Items |
[Labor Union survey] (1) History of union formation: Year of union formation, president's career at the time of union formation, employee organization immediately before union formation (discussion of wage increase in employee organization, employee organization at the time of union formation and its relationship), union formation before the current union formation, working conditions and business management immediately before union formation, direct occasion for union formation, key players in union formation (number of workers, length of service at the time, job positions at the time, external lobbying, experience as shop floor committee members or officers of other unions), external support during the period of preparation for union formation (presence/absence, experience as support members or officers, obtained support, helpful support), support received during the preparatory period, problems faced during the preparatory period, awareness of management's moves towards formation, management's response up to formation, the period from when formation became a concrete possibility to the time of formation, supporters at the time of formation (2) Conditions after the formation of labor unions: Improvements in working conditions and management control in the years since the formation of the union, as well as management's reaction to the union. (3) Organizational status of the union: full-time union officers, three officers of the union, participation of union members in workplace meetings, union office, membership in outside trade union organizations, services provided by outside trade union organizations (services currently received, services to be received in the future), satisfaction with support and services from outside trade union organizations, reasons for non-membership in outside trade union organizations, outside labor, Provision of services from external trade union organizations (services currently received, services to be received in the future), satisfaction with support and services from external trade union organizations, reasons for non-membership in external trade union organizations, groups and individuals for consultation and support other than external trade union organizations. (4) Organizational status of union members: Number of regular employees, ratio of union members to the total number of regular employees, extent of union organization among regular employees, and unions by company. (5) Labor-management relations between the company and the union: Discussions with management, regularized informal meetings between top union leaders and top management, degree of discussion/union voice on annual management plans with the company, degree of discussion/union voice on monthly production and manpower plans with the company, agreements with management, industry, the year the company was founded. [Regional organization survey]. Number of full-time officers and directors, number of full-time staff and employees, persons in charge of organizing, activities for organizing, successful cases of organizing (presence/absence, number of unions, number of members, occasion for organizing, number of unions by occasion for organizing), support for organizing, reasons for unsuccessful organizing, matters to be enhanced to promote organizing, membership status of existing unions under the union umbrella (presence/absence, number of unions, number of members), the status of membership under the union umbrella, reasons for non-affiliation of existing unions, whether individual affiliation is used or not |
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| Date of Release | 2003/05/02 | |
| Topics in CESSDA |
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| Topics in SSJDA | Employment/Labor | |
| Version | 1 ： 2003-05-02 | |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |