National Federation of Agricultural Mutual Aid Societies Employees' Unions

The National Federation of Agricultural Mutual Aid Societies Employees' Unions (Japanese: 全国農業協同組合労働組合連合会, Zennokyo Roren) is a trade union representing workers at agricultural co-operatives and related organisations in Japan.

The union was founded in 1956,^[1] and by 1970 it had 74,013 members. Long independent, in 1989 it was involved in establishing the National Trade Union Council, to which some of its local unions are affiliated, although this led others to split away and form the National Federation of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Corporations' Workers' Unions. The union also affiliated to the new National Confederation of Trade Unions, and by 1990 it had 68,423 members.^[2]

In 1991, the union merged into the All Japan Day Workers' Union, which renamed itself as the "Construction and Rural and General Workers' Union". It retained its identity, and since 1999 it has formed a section of the All Japan Construction, Transport and General Workers' Union.^[3]

References

1. Mulgan, Aurelia George (2013). The Politics of Agriculture in Japan. Routledge. ISBN 1134594402.
2. Seifert, Wolfgang. Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN 9783322899309.
3. "日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

External links

• Official website