Japanese labor union official is optimistic

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Japanese labor union official is optimistic
By Hana Kusumoto and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, December 2, 2007

Negotiations between the Zenchuro labor union and Japan’s defense ministry may produce a deal next week, a top union official said Friday.

Tsuneo Teruya, secretary-general of Zenchuro headquarters in Tokyo, said ministry officials told the union Thursday they would be willing to take all sides of the issue into account.

“We were told that they wanted to settle the issue by next week,” Teruya said.

But ministry officials were unable to reveal specific plans for a resolution by Thursday’s deadline, so the union decided to conduct a daylong strike Friday.

A Ministry of Defense spokeswoman confirmed Friday that the latest negotiations ended in another stalemate.

“We will continue to negotiate the matter sincerely to gain understanding of the revision (by the union),” she said.


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