賃上げ、定着の年に　中小底上げへ価格転嫁―経済３団体トップ

　経団連、経済同友会、日本商工会議所の経済３団体トップは７日、東京都内で年頭の記者会見を開き、２０２５年春闘での賃上げに積極姿勢を示した。経団連の十倉雅和会長は「２３、２４年と高水準の賃上げが続いた。２５年は定着の年」と強調。雇用の７割を占める中小企業での賃金底上げのため「良いモノやサービスには値が付く。価格転嫁を進めなくては」と述べた。
　連合は、賃上げ要求水準を２４年春闘と同じ「５％以上」とするとともに、中小労働組合については「６％以上」と決めた。同友会の新浪剛史代表幹事は「賃金が上昇し、人材が流動化し、ダイナミズムが日本経済に戻る年だ」と訴えた。
　日商の小林健会頭は、中小の多くは賃上げする体力の乏しい小規模事業者とした上で、「伴走支援しなくてはならない。６％はあらゆる手を使ってやっていく」と意欲を示した。（2025/01/07-19:33）

Leaders of Japan's three major business groups, at a joint press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, expressed a willingness to continue wage hikes in this year's "shunto" spring labor-management negotiations.
   "There were high levels of wage increases in 2023 and 2024," said Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren. "2025 is the year (the trend) will take root."
   Tokura noted the need to support efforts by small businesses, which account for 70 pct of the country's employment, to reflect higher costs in their prices so that they can raise wages. "Quality goods and services have a price," he said.
   The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, the umbrella group for labor unions nationwide, has decided to keep its wage increase target this year unchanged from 2024 at 5 pct or more, while setting the target for unions at small businesses at 6 pct or more.
   Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief Ken Kobayashi said at the press conference that many small businesses lack the financial strength to raise wages. "There must be support," Kobayashi said. "We will do everything we can to achieve 6 pct (wage increases)."