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RENGO
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 The National Federation Of Industrial Organisations (FIO, ja, 全国産業別労働組合連合, Shinsambetsu) was a national trade union federation in Japan. The federation was a split from Sanbetsu, which took place in 1952. Always a small org ... (''Shinsambetsu''). In 1990, the Sohyo, 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 (Japan, 1998), Democrati ... [...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] |
Japan Confederation Of Labor
The Japanese Confederation of Labour (Domei; ja, 全日本労働総同盟) was a national trade union federation in Japan. The federation was founded in 1964, with the merger of the All-Japan Trade Union Congress, the National Council of Government and Public Workers' Unions, and the Japanese Federation of Labour. By 1967, it had 23 affiliates, and was the largest trade union federation in the country, just ahead of General Council of Trade Unions of Japan. Like its rival, it sponsored candidates for the National Diet, closely linked to the Democratic Socialist Party. In 1987, the federation merged with the Federation of Independent Unions, and the National Federation Of Industrial Organisations, to form 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Yoshino
Tomoko Yoshino (芳野友子) is the first female president of RENGO, Japan's largest labor organization. In her role at RENGO, she has worked to reduce gender gaps in the Japanese workforce. Yoshino is also one of a council responsible for implementing prime minister Fumio Kishida's trickle-down "new capitalism" economic policies aimed at addressing income inequality. Career After high school, Yoshino started working at Juki, a company that makes sewing machines, in 1984. She joined the Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery, and Manufacturing Workers (JAM), a manufacturing union. In 2015, she became vice president of the labor union federation RENGO and deputy head of JAM. On 6 October 2021 she was promoted to president of RENGO, making her the first female president in the organization's history and the first RENGO president to come from JAM. She was chosen for a two-year term. According to Yoshino, some of her male colleagues encouraged her not to take the job because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Electrical, Electronic And Information Union
The Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Union ( ja, 全日本電機・電子・情報関連産業労働組合連合会 Denki Rengo) is a trade union representing private sector workers in Japan, in three related industries. The union was founded in 1953 as the Japanese Federation of Electric Machine Workers' Unions (Denki Roren). In 1962, it became affiliated with the Federation of Independent Unions (Churitsuroren), becoming its largest affiliate; by 1967, it had 402,173 members. In 1987, it transferred to Churitsuroren's successor, 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 ..., and in 1992 it was renamed the "Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Union." By 1996, it had 764,658 members, but this fell to 569,285 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuaki Koga
is a Japanese unionist. From 2009 to 2015, he served as president of Rengo, the largest national trade union federation in Japan, having previously been its general secretary. Prior to Rengo leadership Koga was born in Fukuoka, and studied engineering at the University of Miyazaki and then joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, which is now known as Panasonic. He joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Workers’ Union in April 1975, joined the board of the union in 1986, became general secretary in July 1994 and then president in July 1996. In July 2002 he was elected as president of the Japanese Electrical, Electronic & Information Union (DENKI RENGO), and in September 2004 he became president of the Japan Council of Metalworkers’ Unions (IMF-JC). Rengo leadership In September 2005 he was elected general secretary of Rengo unopposed, and in October 2009 he was elected to succeed Tsuyoshi Tagaki as president. He was re-elected in 2011. Rengo is affiliated with the Democ ... [...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] |
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] |
General Federation Of Private Railway And Bus Workers' Unions Of Japan
The General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan (PRU, ja, 日本私鉄労働組合総連合会, Shitetsu Soren) is a trade union representing transport workers in Japan. The union was founded on 10 January 1947 as a split from the Japan Transportation Labor Union Alliance. It was a founding affiliate of the original Japanese Trade Union Confederation. In 1949, it affiliated to the National Confederation of Trade Unions, but the following year, it left to become a founding affiliate of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan. It led a strike in 1952, and participated in the general transport strike of 1967, but generally focused on negotiation. By 1967, it had 255,882 members. In 1989, the union was a founding affiliate of 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 ... [...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] |
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] |
All-Japan Prefectural And Municipal Workers' Union
The All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union ( ja, 全日本自治団体労働組合, Jichiro) is a trade union representing local government workers in Japan. The union was established in January 1954, with the merger of two smaller unions of local government workers. It was affiliated with the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan and grew rapidly, attaining 559,397 members by 1967. By 1987, it was the largest union in the country, with 1,257,000 members. In 1989, it became affiliated with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation. Members who objected to this affiliation left and formed the rival Japan Federation of Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Unions. The union absorbed the National Union of General Workers in 2006 and the All Japan Municipal Transport Workers' Union The All Japan Municipal Transport Workers' Union ( ja, 全日本自治団体労働組合都市公共交通評議会, Toshiko) was a trade union representing transport workers employed by local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
