근대 일본 노사협조기관의 성립과정; 협조회 성립을 둘러싼 노,사,정

Abstract

In this paper, I review domestic and international causes of "Kyochokai" whichi established first union-management cooperation agency in Japan. I investigate why the union-management cooperation has been made and what it has been created. One of the causes of World War I was economical competition. Treaty of Versailles tried to keep the peace of the world without war, excluding industry competition and equalling working conditions of all the countries of the world. The Russian Revolution was to strenthen the workers' demands. Allies workers were demanding compensation for war cooperation. There were free establishment of trade union and 8 hours of labor in workers' demands. Industry was underdeveloped in Japan than in Europe. In response to that, the Japanse government planned out the installation of paternalistic union-management cooperation agency instead of the labor unions. Meanwhile, the First World War were embodied in Japan's labor problems. Hara Takasi cabinet in earnest began to discuss labor issues around the Home Office Tokonami Takejiro, the home secretary, took into account the shift in policy to approve the union. Zitugyokai has issued a compromise to set up a union-management cooperation agency instaed of the establishment of the labor union. Suzuki Bunji, president of Yuaikai, witnessed strength of Yuaikai' labor union in Japan as a change of socialism from reformism of the labor movement in Europe. So he did not participate in the meeting of union-management cooperation which led government and business community. After all, Kyochokai was established with the cooperation of Zitugyokai, excepting state-sponsored the labor world in December 1919. This was a starting point for understanding "Japanese" labor-management relations.