The Japan Federation of Leisure-Service Industries Workers' Unions (Leisure Service Rengo) was a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing workers in the hospitality, leisure and service industries in Japan. The union founded in 1948, as the All Japan Federation of Hotel Workers' Unions (Hoteru Roren). It later affiliated to the

Federation of Independent Unions The Association of Neutral Labour Unions (中立労働組合連絡会議, ''Chūritsu rōdō kumiai renraku kaigi''), better known by its Japanese abbreviation Chūritsu Rōren, was a national trade union federation in Japan from 1956 to 1987. Ch� ...

, and by 1970 had 6,376 members. However, in 1974 it transferred to the rival

General Council of Trade Unions of Japan A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. Ma ...

. From 1989, it was affiliated to the

Japanese Trade Union Confederation Rengo is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune located in the Zona Central, Chile, Zona Central of Chile, situated in the Cachapoal Province of the O'Higgins Region at a distance of south of the city of Rancagua and sout ...

, and by 1996 it had grown to have 46,900 members. In 2001, it merged with the Hotel and Restaurant Council of the

National Federation of General Workers' Unions The National Federation of General Workers' Unions (, Ippan Domei) was a general union representing workers in Japan. The union was established in 1966, and affiliated to the Japanese Confederation of Labour. By 1967, it had 84,617 members.{{cit ...

to form the Japan Federation of Service & Tourism Industries Workers' Unions.{{cite web , title=沿革 , url=https://net-stu.com/about/history.html , website=STU , access-date=13 December 2021

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