National Council of Government and Public Workers' Unions

The National Council of Government and Public Workers' Unions (Japanese: 全国官庁労働組合協議会, Zenkankō) was a national trade union federation representing public sector workers in Japan.

The federation was founded on 26 November 1946,[1] and in its early years frequently organised strikes in order to improve public sector wages. While many of its affiliates were also members of Sanbetsu, others were independent.[2]

By 1958, the federation claimed 2,404,179 members.[3] The federation aligned itself with the Democratic Socialist Party and the right wing of the labour movement. On 13 November 1964, it merged with the All-Japan Trade Union Congress and the Japanese Federation of Labour, to form the Japanese Confederation of Labour (Domei).[4]

The federation remained in existence, and many of its affiliates chose to affiliate with Sohyo rather than with Domei. In 2003, it merged with the Council of Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Workers' Unions, the Congress for Joint Struggles of Public Workers' Unions of Japan, to form the Alliance of Public Services Workers' Unions.

Affiliates

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The following unions were affiliated in 1958:[3]

Abbreviation Union
Agricultural and Forestry Ministry Workers' Unions Zennorin
Alcohol Monopoly Workers' Union Arukoru Senbai
All Garrison Forces Workers' Union Zenchuro
All Japan Local and Municipal Government Workers' Union Jichiro
All Japan National Hospital Workers' Union Zeniro
All Labour Ministry Employees' Union Federation Zenrodo
All Minting Bureau Workers' Union Zenzohei
All Monopoly Corporation Workers' Union Zensenbai
All National Tax Collectors' Union Zenkokuzei
All Postal Workers' Union Zentei
All Radio Wave Control Agency Workers' Union Zendempa
All Transportation Ministry Workers' Union Zenunyu
Construction Ministry Workers' Union Zenkenro
Customs Houses Workers' National Union Zenkanzei
Education Ministry Employees' Union Monbushokuso
Federation of All Japan Water Works Employees' Unions Zensuiren
Federation of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Workers' Unions Tororen
Finance Ministry Employees' Union Okurashokuso
Government Printing Bureau Workers' Union Zeninsatsu
International Trade and Industry Ministry Workers' Union Zenshoko
Japan Federation of Municipal Transport Workers' Unions Toshikotsu
Japan High School Teachers' Union Nikkokyo
Japan National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union Kiro
Japan Teachers' Union Nikkyoso
National Judicial Department Employees' Union Federation Zenshiho
National Procurement Agency Workers' Union Zenchotatsu
National Railway Workers' Union Kokuro
National Telecommunication Workers' Union Zendentsu
Union of Employees of the Diet Library Kokkaitoshokan
Union of Employees of the Employment Planning Board Keizaikikakucho
Union of Employees of the Hokkaido Development Board Hokkaido
Union of Employees of the Inspection Department of the Administrative Management Agency Gyokankansatsu
Union of Employees of the Ministry of Justice Zenhome
Union of Employees of the National Personnel Authority Jinjiin
Union of Employees of the Pension Bureau of the Prime Minister's Office Onkyukyoku
Union of Employees of the Secretariat of the Japan Service Council Gakujitsukaigi
Union of Employees of the Statistical Bureau of the Prime Minister's Office Soritokei
Union of Employees of the Statistics Standard Department of the Administrative Management Agency Kaikenro
Welfare Ministry Employees' Union Koseishokuso

References

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  1. ^ Kawanishi, Hirosuke (1999). The Human Face of Industrial Conflict in Post-war Japan. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 9780710305633.
  2. ^ Carlile, Lonny E. (2005). Divisions of Labor Globality, Ideology, and War in the Shaping of the Japanese Labor Movement. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824824563.
  3. ^ a b Directory of Labor Organizations, Asia and Australasia. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1958.
  4. ^ "Domei - new labour group established". Japan Report. 10 (21): 4–5. 15 November 1964.