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08TOKYO1412 2008-05-22 09:19 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tokyo
VZCZCXRO0671
RR RUEHFK RUEHGH RUEHKSO RUEHNAG RUEHNH
DE RUEHKO #1412/01 1430919
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 220919Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4484
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 3513
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 9513
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RUEHHK/AMCONSUL HONG KONG 6526
RUEHGH/AMCONSUL SHANGHAI 0421
RUEATRS/TREASURY DEPT WASHDC
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
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RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 001412 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DOL FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY RADZELY, DEPUTY U/S PONTICELLI 
PARIS FOR USOECD 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: ELAB PREL ETRD OVIP JA
SUBJ: G-8 LABOR MINISTERIAL FOCUSED ON JOBS, PLUS REGIONAL AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES 
 
Summary 
------- 
1. (SBU) Deputy Labor Secretary Howard Radzely led the U.S. 
delegation to the G-8 Labor and Employment Ministers' Meeting May 
11-13.  The program included an informal session with social 
partners and plenary sessions focused on increased life expectancy, 
regional economic disparities, and labor policy responses to 
environmental change.  Bilateral meetings included the UK, Canada, 
ILO, AFL-CIO, U.S. business leaders, and local government.  While 
the environmental theme generated media attention, suggested policy 
responses stuck to traditional ways labor policy can facilitate 
transitions to new jobs.  End summary. 
 
Niigata Holds Labor Ministerial 
------------------------------- 
2. (U) Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Howard Radzely led the 
U.S. delegation to the G-8 Labor and Employment Ministers' Meeting, 
May 11-13 in Niigata, Japan.  Other DOL delegation members were 
International Labor Affairs Bureau Deputy Under Secretary Charlotte 
Ponticelli, Office of International Relations Director Robert 
Shepard, and Chief Economist Ronald Bird.  Embassy Tokyo 
Economic/Labor Officer Marc Dillard accompanied. 
 
Social Partners' Session 
------------------------ 
3. (U) The ministerial was preceded by an informal session for 
social partners, in which business and union leaders had an 
opportunity to engage G-8 delegation heads and representatives from 
the ILO, OECD, and European Commission.  The Trade Union Advisory 
Committee (TUAC) and Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the 
OECD (BIAC) presented papers. 
 
4. (U) During the informal session, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney 
and Japan Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) President Tsuyoshi 
Takagi urged economic and financial officials, including central 
bankers, to address the impact of the current macroeconomic 
environment on the decent work agenda.  They advocated greater 
regulation of global capital markets and attention to the impact of 
policy on income distribution.  The BIAC representatives encouraged 
policies directed to boost growth and emphasized open, competitive 
markets that foster innovation and entrepreneurialism.  They 
advocated flexibility to make labor markets more inclusive and 
better suited to improving work-life balance and addressing 
demographic challenges. 
 
5. (U) Rengo hosted a symposium on the same themes in Tokyo May 13 
for G-8 union leaders, which was followed by a 90-minute meeting 
with Prime Minister Fukuda.  After the meeting, Rengo President 
Takagi told the press, "We pointed out to the Prime Minister that in 
the midst of globalization, problems are arising in the area of fair 
distribution."  A copy of the labor union leaders' statements has 
been emailed to EAP/J. 
 
Plenary Sessions 
---------------- 
6. (U) The ministerial had three plenary sessions, addressing 
respectively: 1) "Enabling Well-Balanced Lives in Harmony with 
Increased Longevity," 2) "The Contribution of Labor Market and 
Employment Policies to Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Workers 
and Areas," and 3) "The Contribution of G-8 Members to the 
Challenges of Global Sustainability."  Deputy Secretary Radzely 
contributed to each session and, as a lead commentator, presented 
the U.S. WIRED (Workforce Innovation for Regional Economic 
Development) Initiative to the second session. 
 
TOKYO 00001412  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
7. (U) Indonesia's Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Erman 
Suparno and Thailand's Minister of Labor Uraiwan Thienthong 
participated as outreach partners in the third plenary session. 
They currently preside over the ASEM and ASEAN labor ministers' 
groups.  According to media reporting, Minister Suparno also used 
his time with the host, Japan's Minister of Health, Labor, and 
Welfare Yoichi Masuzoe, to press for benefits for Indonesian nurses 
expected to come to Japan under the Japan-Indonesia Economic 
Partnership Agreement. 
 
8. (U) Minister Masuzoe distributed a "Chairman's Conclusions" text 
at the end of the ministerial.  A copy has been emailed to EAP/J. 
 
Bilateral Meetings 
------------------ 
9. (SBU) Aside from the formal program, Deputy Secretary Radzely 
held bilateral meetings with the U.S. Council on International 
Business's Executive Vice President Ronnie Goldberg, AFL-CIO 
President John Sweeney, ILO Director General Juan Somavia, UK 
Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform Stephen Timms, 
Canadian Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Development 
Janice Charette, and Niigata Governor Hirohiko Izumida.  He also had 
a chance to exchange views with Japan's Minister of State for Gender 
Equality and Social Affairs Yoko Kamikawa. 
 
10. (SBU) A number of G-8 delegation members remarked about how 
strongly Japan's domestic politics drove the agenda, particularly 
concerns about work-life balance and regional economic disparities. 
Despite the efforts to discuss those themes, however, media and 
social partner attention focused on labor and the environment, where 
delegates' suggested policy responses turned out to be very 
traditional.  Labor ministries, they concluded, could facilitate 
worker transitions for any opportunities or challenges created by 
environmental change -- the same approach used for changes induced 
by technology, trade, and other structural shifts. 
 
11. (U) This message was cleared by the DOL delegation after its 
departure from Japan. 
 
SCHIEFFER