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 edit
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 edit
- ^ Kawanishi, Hirosuke (1999). The Human Face of Industrial Conflict in Post-war Japan. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 9780710305633.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Directory of Labor Organizations, Asia and Australasia. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1958.
- ^ "Domei - new labour group established". Japan Report. 10 (21): 4–5. 15 November 1964.