The Japan Central Federation of National Public Service Employees' Unions ( ja, 日本国家公務員労働組合総連合会, Kokko Soren) was a
trade union
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representing
civil servants in Japan.
The union's origins lay in the
(Kokko Roren), an affiliate of the
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan
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(Sohyo). In 1989, Sohyo merged in to the new
Japanese Trade Union Confederation
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(RENGO), but only a minority of Kokko Roren's sectoral unions wished to join RENGO. Those which did established a new federation, Kokko Soren. On formation, it had 44,109 members,
while in 1996 its membership was 43,697.
[{{cite web , title=List of RENGO affiliated union members , url=http://www.crosscurrents.hawaii.edu/assets/jwork/extra/doc/JWORK089_377.pdf , website=Cross Currents , access-date=18 November 2021] In 2001, it joined the new
Japan Public Sector Union (Kokko Rengo), but initially retained a separate identity. However, in 2011, it decided to dissolve, and its own affiliates became direct affiliates of Kokko Rengo.
The union's affiliates were:
* All Finance Bureau Labour Union
* All Hokkaido Development Bureau Employees' Union
*
Japan Agriculture and Forestry Ministry Workers' Unions
* Okinawa Public Service Workers' Union
There was also an affiliate representing treasury workers.
References
Public sector trade unions
Trade unions established in 1989
Trade unions disestablished in 2011