Deregulation and Changes in Management-Labour Relations

由于2002年私营铁路行业放松管制的政策，管理方实施了严格的管理合理化方案，以降低劳动力成本。本研究以民营铁路A公司为例，考察了管理合理化对员工工作意愿和劳资关系的影响，并指出了其工会组织在实现合同工组织和加入工会方面取得显著成效的几个重要方面。这被认为是当前日本劳工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.