Tadanobu Usami ( ja, 宇佐美忠信; 31 October 1925 – 10 November 2011) was a

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trade union leader. Born in

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, Usami was educated at the Takachiho College of Economics, and in 1946 he began working at the Fuji Cotton Spinning Company. Later in the year, he moved to work full-time for the new

Japan Federation of Textile Workers' Unions Zensendomei ( ja, ゼンセン同盟) was a trade union representing workers in light manufacturing and service industries. The union was founded in July 1946, as the Japan Federation of Textile Workers' Unions, and it affiliated to the General F ...

. He served on the union's Central Executive Committee from 1947, became Assistant General Secretary in 1955, General Secretary in 1961, and President in 1971. In 1972, Usami additionally became vice president of the Japanese Confederation of Labour, serving as president from 1980. The same year, he was elected as president of the

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. Usami died of pneumonia in November 2011.

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