The weakening conditions for Japanese consumer demand are having their impact on the lives of the "kyabajo" or night club hostesses in Japan, who are unionizing in an attempt to have the Japanese Labour Standards Bureau take their complaints about their treatment from owners more seriously.
The article reports that the high salaries and perceived lifestyle of the kyabajo have elevated working as a kyabajo to ranking within the top 10 jobs that high school girls aspire to - this results is more usually found in developing economies.
It remains to be seen whether the Japanese bureaucracy will take the side of the kyabajo against the owners of the kyabakura, who are often associated with the yakuza.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100113f1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+(The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories)&utm_content=Google+Reader
No comments:
Post a Comment