Local News

The labor union of Kyushu Electric Power has asked the company in this year’s wage negotiations to maintain the current wage increase structure and the average annual bonuses of 1.75 million yen for its roughly 10,000 members. In return, it will not ask for a wage increase, the first time in four years it has not done so. In addition, the 1,400 member Saibu Gas labor union has also not asked for a wage increase, the first time in nine years it has not done so.