ABSTRACT

During the 1980s many Japanese began to feel the pressures of ‘internationalizing.’ At the same time, Japanese-style industrial relations came to receive wide international attention. For most people ‘Japanese-style industrial relations’ came to mean the ‘three sacred treasures’: lifetime employment, seniority wages and enterprise unionism. During the 1980s many Japanese began to feel the pressures of ‘internationalizing.’ At the same time, Japanese-style industrial relations came to receive wide international attention. For most people ‘Japanese-style industrial relations’ came to mean the ‘three sacred treasures’: lifetime employment, seniority wages and enterprise unionism.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

part One|45 pages

A Theoretical Starting Point

chapter 2|13 pages

Common Theories of the Enterprise Union

part Two|189 pages

The Limitations of the Enterprise Union: The Dynamics of Atrophy

part Four|20 pages

The Future of the Enterprise Union

chapter 12|18 pages

The Future of the Labor Movement in Japan