The amount is less than the
The pay rise includes hikes in regular wages based on a worker's age or length of employment as well as base pay. Last year, the union sought a raise of
The labor group called for bonuses worth 6.5 months' worth of pay, down from 6.7 months granted the previous year, reflecting an increasingly uncertain global economic outlook.
The body will also demand a wage system that will better reflect each employee's performance rather than age or length of employment, in order to improve union members' incentive to work.
The union will present to its members the planned demand next Monday and finalize it on
This is the seventh consecutive year that the automaker's union has demanded a pay-scale hike, although the specific amount for an increase in base pay has not been released with the union focusing rather on securing overall improvement in benefits for employees.
==Kyodo
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