The Information and Communication Workers' Union of Japan decided at its regular convention on July 31 to conduct a thorough review of individual efforts by the end of September, acknowledging that achieving the mid-term organizational expansion goal of "200,000 members by 2025" would be difficult. The union, which represents 189,000 members, will strengthen its organizational expansion promotion system while re-recognizing the importance of collective labor-management relations.
Toward realizing a 250,000-member union, member organizations of the headquarters will leverage stable collective labor-management relations to play a central role in organizational expansion, thoroughly engaging with unorganized group companies and workers over 60 who are re-employed, as well as fixed-term contract workers. Additionally, eight industry-specific groups (information services, transportation, medical and welfare, telecommunications construction, manufacturing, building maintenance, mobile phone retail stores, and printing) will share industry-specific issues and exchange information.
In the 2025 spring wage negotiations, the average settlement level for monthly wage improvements reached 9,483 yen (an increase of 1,938 yen from the previous year), achieving significant improvements that greatly exceeded the 2024 spring negotiations. Regarding the establishment of the "right to disconnect," some organizations have advanced the creation of rules for visualizing work conditions, confirming after-hours communications, and appropriate handling of overtime work. In executive elections, Shinichi Kitano (NTT Labor Union) was selected as the new chairman, and Toru Harukawa (KDDI Labor Union) was selected as the new secretary-general.