Struggle against business consolidation - Struggle against business consolidation

Japanese: 企業整備反対闘争 - きぎょうせいびはんたいとうそう

...However, the policy itself had problems with its understanding of the political situation and specific tactics, and it did not produce sufficient results. One well-known example of a struggle influenced by this policy is the Toshiba Labor Union's struggle against corporate consolidation from the end of 1948 to 1949. While the company planned mass layoffs and the disposal of local factories, the labor union fought with production management (production management struggle) and workplace defense tactics. ...

From the "Sankoren Anti-Company Development Struggle"

…In addition, corporate consolidation is also called rationalization, and usually refers to the reduction in the size of a company accompanied by personnel reductions (layoffs). In addition to the Sankoren dispute, other famous struggles against corporate consolidation include the Toshiba strike during the Dodge Depression, the struggle against administrative consolidation at JNR (both in 1949), the Amagasaki Steel strike and the Nippon Steel Muroran strike (both in 1954) under deflationary policies, and the Miike strike (1959-60) during the coal mining depression caused by the energy transition. [Hirai Yoichi] …

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the "anti-corporate consolidation struggle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし，方針自体に政治情勢認識･具体的戦術等の問題点があり，十分な成果を上げなかった。こうした方針の影響下の闘争としては，48年暮れから49年にかけての東芝労連の企業整備反対闘争が著名である。会社側が大量解雇と地方工場処分を企図したのに対し，労働組合は生産管理(生産管理闘争)や職場防衛戦術で闘った。…

【三鉱連企業整備反対闘争】より

…なお企業整備は〈合理化〉ともいわれ，ふつう人員整理(解雇)を伴う企業規模の縮小をいう。三鉱連の争議のほか企業整備反対闘争として有名なものには，ドッジ不況下の東芝争議，国鉄行政整理反対闘争(ともに1949)，デフレ政策下の尼崎製鋼争議，日鋼室蘭争議(ともに1954)，エネルギー転換に伴う炭鉱不況下の三池争議(1959‐60)などがある。【平井陽一】。…

※「企業整備反対闘争」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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