shunto

[ shoon-toh ]

noun
  1. the annual sessions of collective bargaining for wage increases sought by Japanese labor unions each spring.

Origin of shunto

1
<Japanese shuntō literally, spring struggle <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese chūn spring + dòu struggle

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