The Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions (JRU) (全日本鉄道労働組合総連合会, Zen-nihon tetsudō-rōdō-kumiai) is a Japanese trade union, which is usually referred to as JR-Soren (JR総連) in Japanese.
Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions (JRU)
JR-Soren consists of 11 unions and has 62,300 members.[5]
Overseas activitiesedit
JR-Soren has assisted with construction of elementary schools in China, and in 2002, established an office in Kabul to support the people of Afghanistan.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 323, November 2000". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^"Restructuring of the Japan National Railways". International Labour Review. 133. 1994.
^"List of RENGO affiliated union members" (PDF). Cross Currents. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^"RENGO 2020-2021" (PDF). RENGO. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ abJR Soren website "What is JRU?" Retrieved on August 11, 2012
External linksedit
www.jru7.net
April 11, 2024
japan, confederation, railway, workers, unions, 全日本鉄道労働組合総連合会, nihon, tetsudō, rōdō, kumiai, japanese, trade, union, which, usually, referred, soren, jr総連, japanese, nihon, tetsudō, rōdō, kumiaifoundedfebruary, 1987locationjapanmembers22, 2020, affiliationsren. The Japan Confederation of Railway Workers Unions JRU 全日本鉄道労働組合総連合会 Zen nihon tetsudō rōdō kumiai is a Japanese trade union which is usually referred to as JR Soren JR総連 in Japanese Japan Confederation of Railway Workers Unions JRU Zen nihon tetsudō rōdō kumiaiFoundedFebruary 2 1987LocationJapanMembers22 561 as of 2020 AffiliationsRENGOWebsitejr souren wbr com wbr en wbr Contents 1 History 2 Composition 3 Overseas activities 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe union was founded on 2 February 1987 with the merger of the National Railway Locomotive Engineers Union Doro and the Japan Railway Workers Union Tetsuro The merger was in response to the privatisation of Japanese National Railways of which both unions were broadly supportive It affiliated to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation 1 In 1992 many former Tetsuro members split away in protest at the union considering the possibility of strikes and formed the rival Japan Railway Trade Unions Confederation 2 In 1996 the union had 70 710 members 3 but by 2020 this had fallen to only 22 561 4 In 2010 a complaint was lodged in the Diet that JR Soren was being financially controlled by the Japan Revolutionary Communist League Revolutionary Marxist Faction JR Soren denied the charges The charge was repeated by Kansei Nakano and confirmed by several weekly magazines citation needed Composition editJR Soren consists of 11 unions and has 62 300 members 5 Overseas activities editJR Soren has assisted with construction of elementary schools in China and in 2002 established an office in Kabul to support the people of Afghanistan 5 References edit Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development Report No 323 November 2000 International Labour Organization Retrieved 22 December 2021 Restructuring of the Japan National Railways International Labour Review 133 1994 List of RENGO affiliated union members PDF Cross Currents Retrieved 18 November 2021 RENGO 2020 2021 PDF RENGO Retrieved 18 November 2021 a b JR Soren website What is JRU Retrieved on August 11 2012External links editwww wbr jru7 wbr net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japan Confederation of Railway Workers 27 Unions amp oldid 1144410435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
