Deregulation and Changes in Management-Labour Relations

由于2002年对私营铁路行业的放松管制政策，管理方面实施了严格的管理合理化方案，以降低劳动力成本。本研究探讨管理合理化如何影响员工的工作意愿及劳资关系。本文以铁路民营企业a公司为研究对象，分析了a公司工会在合同工组织和加入工会方面取得的显著成就。这被认为是目前日本劳动运动中最成功的成果之一。

As a result of the deregulation policy in the private railway industry in 2002, programs of severe management rationalizations to reduce labor costs have been carried out by the management side. This research examines how the management rationalizations have affected the employees' will to work and the management-union relations.Through this research based on a case study of Company A in the private railway industry, several important points are identified regarding the remarkable successes of their labor union which have achieved the organizations of contract workers and their admission to the union. This is considered to be one of the most successful outcomes in current labor movements in Japan.