岸田首相「賃上げのうねり広げる」　１６年ぶり連合大会出席

　労働組合の中央組織、連合は５日、定期大会を東京都内のホテルで開催した。岸田文雄首相が自民党の首相として１６年ぶりに出席し、「賃上げの大きなうねりを持続的なものとし、地方や中堅・中小企業まで広げていかなければならない」と訴えた。
　首相は物価高に触れ、「今こそ成長の成果を国民に適切に還元すべき時だ」と強調。「賃上げ減税」の強化や２０３０年代半ばまでに最低賃金１５００円を目指す方針を改めて示し、「皆さまとコミュニケーションを密に取りながら全力で取り組む」と述べ、協力を求めた。（2023/10/05-11:52）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for sustained wage increases at an annual convention of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the umbrella organization for labor unions in the country, in Tokyo Thursday.
   "We need to make the big wave of wage increases sustainable and expand it to include companies in rural areas and small and midsize companies," Kishida said.
   He became the first prime minister from the Liberal Democratic Party in 16 years to attend a convention of the confederation, better known as Rengo.
   Kishida reiterated his commitment to beefing up tax breaks for wage increases and raising the average hourly minimum wage to 1,500 yen by the mid-2030s. He called for Rengo's cooperation in achieving these goals.
   Rengo supports the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the People, both opposition parties.