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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 07:01 AM
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1. Ten percent pay cut--BUMMER!
    Last month, the Ministry of Defense proposed to abolish Japanese workers’ allowances, which make up about 10 percent of monthly paychecks. The allowances are pay incentives built into each worker’s salary. The extra pay is meant to compensate individuals for working in a different cultural environment and to reward people for using English on the job.

    The decision to abolish allowances — an $88.8 million annual cost — came amid the streamlining of government spending, ministry officials said.

    Japan employs the workers and provides the work force to the U.S. military as part of an agreement between Japan and the United States. Under the bilateral accord, such a change must be agreed to by the United States.

    Many on strike expressed their concerns over potential cuts of a big chunk of their paychecks at once.....As of September, 25,530 Japanese were employed at 55 U.S. military installations throughout the country.



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