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Japanese Trade Union Confederation
The , commonly known as , is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011.Rengo websitRengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6, 2012 It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan Confederation of Labor (''Domei''), the Federation of Independent Unions (''Churitsuroren'') and the National Federation Of Industrial Organisations (''Shinsambetsu''). In 1990, the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (''Sohyo'') also joined RENGO. As of July 2012, RENGO has 54 affiliate unions and 47 local organizations.Rengo websit Role and FunctionRetrieved on July 6, 2012 Party affiliation RENGO was historically affiliated with the Democratic Party of Japan, but on June 28, 2012, president Nobuaki Koga made a speech at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters stating that the confederation may reconsider its future. In 2014, it endorsed LDP-supported candidate Yoichi Masuzoe for the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Affiliated o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The , commonly known as , is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011.Rengo websitRengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6, 2012 It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan Confederation of Labor (''Domei''), the Federation of Independent Unions (''Churitsuroren'') and the National Federation Of Industrial Organisations (''Shinsambetsu''). In 1990, the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (''Sohyo'') also joined RENGO. As of July 2012, RENGO has 54 affiliate unions and 47 local organizations.Rengo websit Role and FunctionRetrieved on July 6, 2012 Party affiliation RENGO was historically affiliated with the Democratic Party of Japan, but on June 28, 2012, president Nobuaki Koga made a speech at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters stating that the confederation may reconsider its future. In 2014, it endorsed LDP-supported candidate Yoichi Masuzoe for the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Affiliate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surugadai
is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was named after Tokugawa Ieyasu's death, when the Edo government allowed officials from Sunpu (now Shizuoka) to live in the area. Kanda-Surugadai is often called or, colloquially, . The main building and campus of Meiji University is in the district. The headquarters of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) is located in Kanda-Surugadai. File:Ochanomizu hijiribashi01.jpg, hijiribashi File:Meiji University (Liberty Tower).jpg, Meiji University (Liberty Tower) File:Sohyo_Kaikan_(headquarters_of_the_Japanese_Trade_Union_Confederation).jpg, Rengo HQ in Kanda-Surugadai Companies based in Surugadai Nippon Paper Industries, the pulp and paper manufacturing company has its headquarters in the district. Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Ochanomizu Elementary School (お茶の水小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Kanda-Surugadai 1-2-chōme The Japanese addressing system is used to ident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Japan Federation Of Transport Workers' Unions
The All Japan Federation of Transport Workers' Unions ( ja, 全日本運輸産業労働組合連合会, Unyu Roren) is a trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ... representing workers in the distribution sector, particularly in road goods transportation, in Japan. The union was established in 1968, and remained independent until 1989, when it joined the new Japanese Trade Union Confederation. By that point, it had 118,000 members and was one of the 20 largest unions in the country. By 2020, it had grown to 128,095 members. References External links *{{official website, http://www.denryokusoren.or.jp Transportation trade unions Trade unions established in 1968 Trade unions in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Federation Of Information And Communication Technology Service Workers Of Japan
The Federation of Information and Communication Technology Service Workers of Japan (ICTJ, ja, 情報産業労働組合連合会) is a trade union representing IT and telecommunications workers in Japan. The union was established in 1962 as the All-Japan Telecommunication Workers' Union. It affiliated to the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan, and by 1967, it had 226,685 members. In 1978, it joined the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International. At the end of the 1980s, it joined the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, of which its president, Akira Yamagishi was a Japanese trade union leader who served as the first president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation from 1989 to 1994. Born in Osaka, Yamagishi began working in a telegram office, and joined the Japan Telecommunications Workers' Union. ..., became the first leader. In 1991, it became the ICTJ, and by 2009, its membership was 220,730. By 2020, its membership had fallen to 199,135. External links *{{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Federation Of Electric Power Related Industry Workers' Unions Of Japan
The Federation of Electric Power Related Industry Workers' Unions of Japan ( ja, 全国電力関連産業労働組合総連合, Denryoku Soren) is a trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ... representing workers in the electric power industry in Japan. The Council of Electric Power Related Industry Workers' Union of Japan was established in 1969, bringing together nine regional unions, which themselves comprised a total of 108 local unions, and 178,742 members. The most important of these was the Federation of Electrical Workers' Unions of Japan. In 1981, the council was replaced by Denryoku Soren, a more centralised organisation, which by this time had 209,523 members. The union was a founding member of the Japanese Private Sector Trade Union Confederation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Teachers Union
, abbreviated , is Japan's largest and oldest labor union of teachers and school staff. The union is known for its critical stance against the conservative Liberal Democratic Party government on such issues as ''Kimigayo'' (the national anthem), the Flag of Japan, and the screening of history textbooks since its near continuous one-party rule since 1945. It is affiliated to the trade union confederation Rengo. It had 290,857 members as of December 2009.Rengo websitRengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6, 2012 History Established in 1947, it was the largest teachers union until a split in the late 1980s. The union functioned as a national federation of prefectural teachers unions, although each of these unions had considerable autonomy and its own strengths and political orientation. Historically, there had been considerable antagonism between the union and the Ministry of Education, owing to a variety of factors. Some were political, because the stance of the union had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Federation Of Life Insurance Workers' Unions
The National Federation of Life Insurance Workers' Unions ( ja, 全国生命保険労働組合連合会, Seiho Roren) is a trade union representing workers in the life insurance industry in Japan. The union was founded in 1969, when the National Federation of Life Insurance Brokers' Unions merged with the National Federation of Life Insurance Salesmen's Unions, reflecting the merger of many company unions for brokers and salespeople. In 1987, it affiliated to the new Japanese Trade Union Confederation The , commonly known as , is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011.Rengo websitRengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6, 2012 It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan ..., and by the following year, it had 406,000 members. As of 2020, its membership had fallen to 233,614. References External links *{{official website, http://www.liu.or.jp/ Insurance industry trade unions Trade unions establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Postal Group Union
The Japan Postal Group Union (JPGU, ja, 日本郵政グループ労働組合) is a trade union representing employees of Japan Post Holdings. The union was founded on 1 October 2007, with the merger of the Japan Postal Workers' Union and the All Japan Postal Labor Union, inspired by the privatisation of Japan Post. Like both its predecessors, it became affiliated with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation The , commonly known as , is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011.Rengo websitRengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6, 2012 It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan .... It grew from 216,186 members in 2009, to 243,754 in 2020. External links *{{official website, https://www.jprouso.or.jp/ References Postal trade unions Trade unions established in 2007 Trade unions in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Federation Of Basic Industry Workers' Unions
The Japan Federation of Basic Industry Workers' Unions (JBU, ja, 日本基幹産業労働組合連合会, Kikanroren) is a trade union representing metalworkers and shipbuilders in Japan. The union was established on 9 September 2003, with the merger of the Japanese Federation of Iron and Steel Workers' Unions, the Japan Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Workers' Unions, and the Japanese Metal Mine Workers' Union. Like all of its predecessors, it became affiliated with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation The , commonly known as , is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011.Rengo websitRengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6, 2012 It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan .... As of 2009, the union had 248,781 members. In 2014, the Japan Construction Trade Union Confederation merged into the JBU, by which time the union had grown to around 275,000 members. External links * Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Association Of Metal, Machinery And Manufacturing Workers
JAM is a trade union representing manufacturing workers in Japan. The union was founded on 9 September 1999, when the Japanese Metal Industrial Workers' Union merged with the National Metal and Machinery Workers' Union The National Metal and Machinery Workers' Union (MMU, ja, 全国金属機械労働組合, Kinzokukikai) was a trade union representing workers in small and medium-sized engineering works in Japan. The union was founded in 1989, when the Nationa .... Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to RENGO. The union initially represented about 500,000 members, in 2,200 local or company unions. Its name is derived from an English language description, the Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery and Manufacturing Workers. References External links *{{official website, http://www.jam-union.or.jp/ Manufacturing trade unions Trade unions established in 1999 Trade unions in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
