Industrial Relations

  Union
membership		 Estimated Density Rate Estimated Density Rate
(by size of establishment)
Private enterprises
1000 employees
and over		 100-999
employees		 1-99
employees
Calendar year
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
2000
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
 10thous.
1,226
1,240
1,254
1,266
1,270
1,261
1,245
1,229
1,209
1,183
1,154
1,121
1,080
1,053
1,031
1,014
1,004
1,008
1,007
1,008
1,005
996
 %
25.2
24.5
24.4
24.2
24.1
23.8
23.2
22.6
22.4
22.2
21.5
20.7
20.2
19.6
19.2
18.7
18.2
18.1
18.1
18.5
18.5
18.4
 %
61.0
58.7
57.2
58.2
59.8
59.9
58.1
58.4
56.9
57.2
54.2
53.5
54.8
51.9
50.6
47.7
46.7
47.5
45.3
46.2
46.6
48.3
 %
24.0
23.3
22.5
22.0
21.6
21.2
20.5
20.1
19.6
19.5
18.8
17.7
16.8
16.6
15.8
15.0
14.8
14.3
13.9
14.2
14.2
13.5
 %
2.0
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.0
Source MHLW "Basic Survey on Labour Unions"
NOTES: The estimated density rate in 2011 is the reference data that is not included the data of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.




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