Abstract

The Japanese Trade-Union Bill

The article presents an account of the present status of the Japanese labor movement and of circumstances surrounding the preparation of the trade-union bill recently put forward by the Home Minister of the Japanese Cabinet. The present move, sponsored by the Home Minister, appears to be serious and to have a good chance of realization if the Cabinet can remain until the next session of the Diet. In the Home Minister's opinion the time is ripe and in the opinion of the Social Bureau of the Home Department, which drafted the bill, the present industrial depression is an opportune time to introduce a bill in the next Diet. It is, however, contested by capitalists, who think that the attempt is gratuitous and harmful, especially under present circumstances when the country is going through the most difficult financial and industrial test.