The Federation of Information and Communication Technology Service Workers of Japan (ICTJ, ) is 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 IT and telecommunications workers in Japan. The union was established in 1962 as the All-Japan Telecommunication Workers' Union. It affiliated to 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 ...

, and by 1967, it had 226,685 members. In 1978, it joined the

Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International The Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI) was a global union federation bringing together unions of communications workers worldwide. History While a meeting of unions of communication workers was held in Paris in 1911, no lasting ...

. At the end of the 1980s, it joined 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 ...

, of which its president,

Akira Yamagishi was a Japanese trade union leader who served as the first president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation from 1989 to 1994. Union career Born in Osaka, Yamagishi began working in a telegram office, and joined the Japan Telecommunications Wo ...

, became the first leader. In 1991, it became the ICTJ, and by 2009, its membership was 220,730. By 2020, its membership had fallen to 199,135.

External links

*{{official website, https://www.joho.or.jp/

References

Communications trade unions Trade unions established in 1962 Trade unions in Japan