All Japan Municipal Transport Workers' Union
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The All Japan Municipal Transport Workers' Union (, Toshiko) was a trade union representing transport workers employed by local authorities in Japan. The union was established in 1947 and affiliated with the
Japanese Federation of Labour The , or Sōdōmei for short, was a national trade union federation in Japan during the early post-World War II era. Re-established in 1946 based on its pre-war predecessor founded in 1919, Sōdōmei represented the cooperative wing of the Japa ...
, and then from 1950 with the
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 ...
(Sohyo). By 1967, it had 69,789 members. The union became affiliated with 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 ...
in the late 1980s, but by 1996 was down to 43,767 members. In 2013, it merged with the
All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union The All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union (, 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 ...
.


References

{{Authority control Transport trade unions in Japan Trade unions established in 1947 Trade unions disestablished in 2013 1947 establishments in Japan 2013 disestablishments in Japan