The , commonly known in Japanese as , is a

national trade union center A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such a ...

Founding and history

Zenroren was founded on November 21, 1989.

Party affiliation

Zenroren is not affiliated to any political party, but is generally aligned with the

Japan Communist Party The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The party advocates the establishment of a democr ...

Affiliated unions

Current affiliates

The following unions are affiliated: There are also prefectural Federations in all 47 prefectures of Japan.

Former affiliates

Leadership

General Secretaries

:1989: Kanemichi Kumagai :1998: Mitsuo Bannai :2006: Sakuji Daikoku :Hisashi Inoue :2017: Yukihiro Nomura :2020: Kurosawa Koichi

Presidents

:1989: Matsumoto Michihiro :Takeshi Ooe :Mitsuru Mikami :Kanemichi Kumagai :Kobayashi Yoji :2006: Mitsuo Bannai :2008: Yoshikazu Odagawa :2020: Obata Masako

References

External links

* National trade union centers of Japan Trade unions established in 1989 {{Asia-trade-union-stub