Labor-Management Communication
Our Approach
SUBARU and its labor union have been on good terms with each other based on mutual understanding and trust. The Company acknowledges that the union has the right to unite and engage in collective bargaining and other collective actions, while the union recognizes that the Company has the right to manage the business, and the two parties uphold the terms of collective bargaining agreements and respect the legitimate use of their mutual rights.
Initiatives
The Labor and Management Council regularly holds meetings for mutual labor-management communication. Specifically, participants exchange opinions regarding the management policies, outline of the business results, and production and sales, and also discuss issues such as labor conditions, challenges concerning work styles, and the occupational health and safety policies. In the labor-management negotiations on the revision of wages (salaries and bonuses) and other labor conditions, the two parties work to reach an agreement for revision or the establishment of new rules. For issues that might have a significant impact on employees, the parties discuss them fully before informing employees of the results.
Status of Labor-Management Dialogue
In order to unite labor and management in resolving issues, SUBARU holds around 50 labor-management consultations on an annual basis. These include monthly labor-management consultations at each workplace and site and general labor-management council meetings to discuss major issues for SUBARU. The content of these dialogues is summarized in a video and shared with all employees via SUBARU’s intranet to ensure transparency in labor-management dialogue.
Year-Round Labor-Management Consultations
In FYE March 2025, we held discussions on the implementation of 11 items agreed upon by labor and management, including heat countermeasures at manufacturing sites and the promotion of interdepartmental cooperation, and carried out improvement activities as a joint labor-management effort throughout the year.
In FYE March 2026,
- Returning authority to the field
- Building connections and breaking down organizational barriers
- Eliminating work to create more free time
have been set as the three main themes, and labor and management have agreed to review work styles in order to improve productivity and make employee compensation commensurate with performance and contributions.
Going forward, based on the strong relationship of trust built between labor and management, we will continue to work together to support the autonomy and growth of employees who resonate with our initiatives.
Number of Employees Belonging to the Labor Union
The following shows the data for FYE March 2025*.
- Members of the Subaru Labor Union: 16,759, 97.1% membership rate
- Members of the Confederation of Subaru Affiliated Labor Unions: 28,808
- *
- As of January 1, 2025