Kanebo Dispute

Japanese: 鐘紡争議 - かねぼうそうぎ

This labor dispute occurred at eight factories of Kanegafuchi Spinning Co. (now Kanebo) between April and June 1930. It is known as a representative dispute during the Showa Depression. During this period of depression, bankruptcies, wage cuts, and layoffs occurred one after another across all industries, and cornered workers at each factory desperately tried to fight back. The number of disputes and the number of participants increased dramatically, reaching the prewar peak in 1931. However, an important characteristic of disputes during the Showa Depression is that they occurred frequently at small and medium-sized businesses; among larger businesses, disputes were concentrated only in the spinning, coal mining, and urban public transportation sectors.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1930年4～6月，鐘淵紡績(現，鐘紡)の八つの工場で発生した労働争議。昭和恐慌期の代表的争議として知られる。恐慌下のこの時期，全産業にわたって倒産や賃金減額･人員整理があいつぎ，追いつめられた労働者は各工場で必死の反撃を試みた。争議件数も同参加者数も激増し，争議件数は31年に戦前のピークとなった。もっとも昭和恐慌期の争議は，中小零細経営で頻発したところに重要な特徴があり，大経営では紡績と石炭産業･都市公営交通部門のみに集中して争議が発生した。

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