spring labor offensive; annual spring wage negotiations
Refers to the coordinated annual wage bargaining round in Japan, typically led by labor unions in spring. Often used in economic and political news.
In this year's spring wage offensive, major companies offered full acceptance of union demands.
As a result of the spring labor offensive, the wage increase rate exceeded the previous year's.
This year's spring wage negotiations start next week.
The labor union demanded a 5% wage increase in the spring negotiations.
Now that it's March, the spring wage negotiations have kicked into high gear.
This year's spring wage negotiation results were better than usual.