Business leaders call on gov't to upgrade safety net for unemployed

Wednesday 07th January, 06:24 AM JST

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some14some at 07:54 AM JST - 7th January

Business leader make employees unsafe and then asking govt to upgrade safety net? steel net? buy from JFE.

‘‘2009 will be a period of change with regard to how we can build a world that uses few resources and less energy,’’ Sasaki said

You don't need to build a world, it is already there, just join the list of third world countries or developing countries.
WMD at 12:59 PM JST - 7th January

Some companies are sitting on vast cash reserves. Damn well use those to protect workers. I see a massive wave of riots coming....
ptolemy at 04:14 PM JST - 7th January

My advice to business leaders: Hey geniuses quit firing and laying off people. There would be no need of a safety net then.
shiuu at 04:55 PM JST - 7th January

My advice to business leaders: Hey geniuses quit firing and laying off people. There would be no need of a safety net then.

My advice to temp workers: Hey geniuses, upgrade your skills to something useful. There would be no need to worry about a safety net then.
gonemad at 07:00 PM JST - 7th January

My advice to temp workers: Hey geniuses, upgrade your skills to something useful. There would be no need to worry about a safety net then.

My advice to you, shiuu: think before you write. Whatever the absolute level of education, it's always the relatively weakest who will get fired during a downturn. As an individual, you can try not to be among them. For society as a whole, that doesn't change anything - the amount of workers who get fired remains the same.

Regarding the safety net, I just wonder whether Keidanren is willing to support a corporate tax increase in order to finance their proposal...?