Japanese Blue Collar: The Changing TraditionExamines the current state of Japanese industry in terms of the opportunities, wages, and benefits available to the blue collar worker and assesses his burgeoning strength as a social and economic force |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE FRAMEWORK OF NATIONAL POWER | 16 |
Labor Standards | 32 |
THE SETTING | 41 |
The Two Worker Types | 62 |
WAGES AND THE WORKER | 72 |
Relation of Factory Performance to Wages | 78 |
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