Japanese Federation of Labour

The Japanese Federation of Labour (Japanese: 日本労働組合総同盟, Sodomei) was a national trade union federation in Japan.

The federation was established in 1946, principally through the efforts of trade unionist who had been involved in the pre-war Japanese Labour Federation. The new federation aligned itself with the Japan Socialist Party.[1] By 1948, it claimed a total of 924,302 members, slightly less than its communist rival, Sanbetsu.[2]

In 1950, many affiliates left to join the new General Council of Trade Unions of Japan, and by 1954, membership of Sodomei affiliates had fallen to 240,000. That year, many of its remaining affiliates split away to join the new All-Japan Trade Union Congress (Zenro), the surviving Sodomei being a small, conservative group with seven affiliates. In 1964, it merged with Zenro and the National Council of Government and Public Workers' Unions, to form the Japanese Confederation of Labour.[3][4]

Affiliates

In 1958, the following unions were affiliated:[5]

AbbreviationUnionMembership
Zenka DomeiNational Federation of Chemical Workers31,801
Zen Doken DomeiNational Federation of Construction Workers' Unions1,462
Zen Shokuhin DomeiNational Federation of Food Industry Workers' Unions13,800
Kowan JyunbikaiPreparatory Committee of National Federation of Harbour Workers' Unions1,916
Shin Mitsubishi JyukoShin Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Workers' Union22,314
Zenkin DomeiNational Federation of Metal Industry Workers' Unions64,043
Zen TankoNational Coal Mine Workers' Union44,604
Sodomei Ken RengokaiPrefectural Associations of Sodomei35,574
Zosen SorenNational Federation of Shipbuilding Workers' Unions28,462
Zen Koun DomeiNational Federation of Transport Workers' Unions6,059

Presidents
1946: Komakichi Matsuoka
1952: Yonekichi Kim
1959: Masashichi Motoi

References
  1. Nimura, Kazuo. "The Labor Union Movement at the Beginnings of Post-WWII Society in Japan". Kazuo Nimura. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Moran, William T. (1949). "Labor Unions in Postwar Japan". Far Eastern Survey. 18 (21).
  3. Levine, Solomon B. (1954). "Prospects of Japanese Labor". Far Eastern Survey. 23 (5).
  4. Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  5. Mitchell, James P. (1958). Director of Labor Organizations: Asia and Australasia. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor.


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