Japanese Studies
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An Intellectual History of Wartime Japan: Shunsuke Tsurumi
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The Rise of the Japanese Corporate System: Koji Matsumoto
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Enterprise Unionism in Japan: Hirosuke Kawanishi
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Kawanishi, Hirosuke, 1942-
Enterprise unionism in Japan. - (Japanese studies).
1. Japan. Trade unions
I. Title II. Series
331.880952
ISBN 0-7103-0341-6
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kawanishi, Hirosuke, 1942-
Enterprise Unionism in Japan / Hirosuke Kawanishi: translated
from the Japanese by Ross E. Mouer.
465pp. 216 cm. - (Japanese studies series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7103-0341-6
1. Company unions - Japan. I. Title. II. Series: Japanese
studies series (Kegan Paul International)
HD6490.C612J35 1991
90-5050
331.88349052 - dc20
CIP
ISBN 13: 978-1-138-96884-4 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 978-0-7103-0341-7 (hbk)
Contents
PART ONE A THEORETICAL STARTING POINT
Chapter 2 Common Theories of the Enterprise Union
I The 1950s: The Initial Formulation of kchis Theory of the Enterprise Union
II The 1960s: A Theoretical Shift and the Establishment of an Accepted Theory of the Enterprise Union
III The 1970s and the 80s: The Enterprise Union on the Ascendancy and Internal Labor Markets
Chapter 3 Towards a New Theory of the Enterprise Union
I The Question of Organizational Structure
II Union Functions
III Towards a New Perspective in the Study of Japanese Unions
PART TWO THE LIMITATIONS OF THE ENTERPRISE UNION: THE DYNAMICS OF ATROPHY
Chapter 4 A History of Industrial Disputes in Postwar Japan
I Introduction
II The Period of Upheaval: 194550
III The Period of Economic Recovery: 19505
IV The Early Years of High Economic Growth: 195560
V The Latter Years of Rapid Economic Growth: 196173
VI The Period of Slower Growth: 197386
VII The Period of New Nationalism: 1987
VIII Conclusion
Chapter 5 A History of Labor-Management Relations on the Shop Floor
I Introduction
II An Overview of Labor-Management Relations on the Shop Floor
III Shop-Level Industrial Relations in the Period of Labors Initiative
IV Labor-Management Relations in the Period of High Economic Growth
V The Changing Face of Japans Industrial Relations
VI The Future
Chapter 6 The Establishment of the Enterprise Union: An Examination of the 1952 Densan Dispute
I Theories on the Formation of the Enterprise Union
II The Case Study
III Densan and the Ascendance of Industrialism
IV The Struggle to Dissolve the Industrial Union
V The Dispute: Managements Assault and the 1952 Power Strike
VI Further Schisms and the Dissolution of Densan
VII The Union Movement after the 1952 Densan Dispute
Chapter 7 The Labor Union at the Shop Floor Under the System of Joint Labor-Management Consultations
I Introduction
II The Case Study at Hitachi
III Union Officials on the Shop Floor and Union Activity: A Look at Workshop Teams Composed of Electricians
IV Union Officials on the Shop Floor and Union Activity: A Look at the Foundry Workers Workshop
V Four Factors Shaping Union Activity on the Shop Floor
VI Conclusions
PART THREE UNIONS ON THE FRINGE AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE ENTERPRISE UNION
Chapter 8 Unions on the Fringe: The Viability of the Left-Wing Minority Enterprise Unions and the New-Type Unions during the 1970s
I Minorities at Work
II The Left-Wing Minority Enterprise Unions
III The Emergence of New Unions in the Peripheral Zone
IV The Intellectual Thrust of the New-Type Labor Unions
V Conclusions
Chapter 9 The Position of the Minority Enterprise Unions
I Introduction
II The Survey as an Approach to the Minority Enterprise Unions
III Union Schisms and the Minority Enterprise Union
IV Industrial Relations in a State of Co-existence
V A Vision for Change in the Activities of the Left-Wing Minority Enterprise Unions
VI A Prognosis for the Minority Enterprise Unions in the 1980s
Chapter 10 The Road to Survival: Some Lessons from Minority Unions in the Electric Power Industry
I The Case Study
II Strategies for DCs External Affairs
III The Internal Affairs of Densan Chgoku
IV Some Generalizations about the Future of Enterprise Unionism and the Minority Union
V An Afternote
Chapter 11 From the Minority to the Majority: The Push for Majority Status by One Union at a Private Railway Company
I Introduction
II The Case Study at Hiroshima Dentetsu
III A Periodization of the Unions History
IV The Anatomy of Discrimination: An Interpretation of the Period of Decline, 19549
V The Fight Against Discrimination: 195964
VI The Counter-Offensive over Work and the Wage System: 19648
VII Joint Struggles and the Campaign to Protect the Trams: 196876
VIII Some Generalizations
IX Conclusions
PART FOUR THE FUTURE OF THE ENTERPRISE UNION
Chapter 12 The Future of the Labor Movement in Japan
