The General Federation of Ship Building Workers' Unions (Zosensoren) was a trade union representing workers in the shipbuilding industry in Japan.
The union was established in 1951.[1] It was affiliated with the Japanese Federation of Labour, and by 1958 had 28,462 members.[2] Next, it became affiliatedwith the Japanese Confederation of Labour, and by 1967 had grown to 58,344 members.[3]
The union was keen on merging with smaller competitors. In 1972 it achieved this, when it joined the new Japan Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Workers' Unions.[4]
References edit
- ^ Seifert, Wolfgang. Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN 9783322899309.
- ^ Mitchell, James P. (1958). Director of Labor Organizations: Asia and Australasia. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor.
- ^ Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Takanashi, Akira (2002). Shunto Wage Offensive. Japan Institute of Labour. ISBN 9784538760070.