Japanese Confederation of Labour

The Japanese Confederation of Labour (Domei; Japanese: 全日本労働総同盟) was a national trade union federation in Japan.

The federation was founded in 1964, with the merger of the All-Japan Trade Union Congress, the National Council of Government and Public Workers' Unions, and the Japanese Federation of Labour. By 1967, it had 23 affiliates, and was the largest trade union federation in the country, just ahead of General Council of Trade Unions of Japan. Like its rival, it sponsored candidates for the National Diet, closely linked to the Democratic Socialist Party.[1]

In 1987, the federation merged with the Federation of Independent Unions, and the National Federation Of Industrial Organisations, to form the Japanese Trade Union Confederation.[2]

Affiliates

In 1967, the following unions were affiliated:[1]

NameAbbreviationMembership (1967)
All-Japan Seamen's UnionKaiin142,935
All Japan Postal Labour UnionZenyusei29,426
Federation of Electrical Workers' Unions of JapanDenroren128,939
Federation of Japan Automobile Workers' UnionsJidosharoren118,174
Federation of Japanese Metal Resource Workers' UnionsShigenroren13,411
General Federation of Ship Building Workers' UnionsZosensoren58,344
Inland Revenue Employees' UnionKokuzeiroso10,275
Japanese Federation of Chemical and General Workers' UnionsZenkadomei88,233
Japanese Federation of National Railway Workers' UnionsShinkokuro74,755
Japanese Federation of Textile Workers' UnionsZensendomei505,461
Japan Federation of Transport Workers' UnionsKotsuroren75,786
Japanese Metal Industrial Workers' UnionZenkindomei220,044
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Workers' UnionsDomei-Mitsubishikyogikai40,158
National Democratic Union of Casual WorkersZenminro15,973
National Federation of Food Industry Workers' UnionsZenshokuhindomei24,272
National Federation of General Workers' UnionsIppandomei84,617
National Union of Coal Mine WorkersZentanko31,799

Presidents
1964: Yutaka Nabasama
1968: Minoru Takita
1972: Seiji Amaike
1980: Tadanobu Usami

References
  1. Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. Carlile, Lonny E. (1994). "Party Politics and the Japanese Labor Movement: Rengo's "New Political Force"". Asian Survey. 34 (7).
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