National Union of General Workers (Sohyo)

The National Union of General Workers (Japanese: 全国一般労働組合, Zenkoku Ippan) was a general union in Japan.

The union was established in 1955 and affiliated to the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (Sohyo). By 1967, it had 101,200 members.[1] In 1983, its membership was described as "taxi drivers, salesmen, clerks in small bookstores and supermarkets, and the like".[2]

In 1989, the union affiliated to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, but a substantial minority of members disagreed with this, and split away to form the Zenroren National Union of General Workers.[3] By 1996, the union was down to 60,096 members.[4] In 2006, it merged into the All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union.[5]

References
  1. Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. Shirai, Taishirō (1983). Contemporary Industrial Relations in Japan. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299092801.
  3. Seifert, Wolfgang. Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN 9783322899309.
  4. "List of RENGO affiliated union members" (PDF). Cross Currents. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. "Jichiro" (PDF). JICHIRO. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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