Labor unions in Japan
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Labour unions emerged in Japan in the second half of the Meiji period, after 1890, as the country underwent a period of rapid industrialization. Until 1945, however, the labour movement remained weak,
The Ashio copper mine (c1895). A three-day riot in 1907 at the Furukawa Company's massive mine was violently suppressed by troops.
The 1960 Miike struggle: police with helmets and batons clash with striking coal miners at the Miike coal mine, May 12, 1960
2011 National Trade Union Council (Zenrokyo) May Day march, Tokyo.
RENGO
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The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, commonly known as RENGO, is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011. It was founded in 1989 as a result of th
Labor unions in Japan
…membership of 7,395,666 workers, belonged either directly, or indirectly through labour union councils, to the three main labour union federations: Rengo: Japanese Trade Union Confederation (日本労働組合総連合会 Nihon Rōdōkumiai Sōrengō-kai) 33,940 unions, 6,507,222 members Zenroren: National Confederation of Trade…
Rengo HQ in Kanda-Surugadai