National_Trade_Union_of_Metal_and_Engineering_Workers

National Trade Union of Metal and Engineering Workers

National Trade Union of Metal and Engineering Workers

Trade union in Japan

The National Trade Union of Metal and Engineering Workers (Zenkokukinzoku) was a trade union representing machining workers in Japan.

The union was founded in 1947 and was initially chaired by Kanson Arahata.[1] It was a founding affiliate of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan. By 1967, it had 208,831 members,[2] which had declined to 145,000 by 1988.[3] In 1989, it merged with the National Machinery and Metal Workers' Union to form the National Metal and Machinery Workers' Union.[4][5] A minority of members instead split away to form the All Japan Metal and Machinery Information Workers' Union.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Hoover, William D. (2018). Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 9781538111567.
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    Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
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    Foreign Labor Trends: Japan. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1988.
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    Japan Labour Bulletin. 38 (5). 1999. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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    "Japan". Report of the Secretariat to the IMF Central Committee. 1990.
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    Seifert, Wolfgang (13 March 2013). Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN 9783322899309.
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