Japanese Federation of Synthetic Chemistry Workers' Unions

The Japanese Federation of Synthetic Chemistry Workers' Unions (Japanese: 合成化学産業労働組合連合, Gokaroren) was a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in Japan.

The union was founded in 1950, with the merger of two unions representing Ammonium sulfate and phosphate workers.[1] The same year, it was a founding affiliate of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (Sohyo).[2] From 1953 until 1957, it was chaired by Ota Kaoru.[3] By 1967, it had 121,324 members.[4]

The union was affiliated to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation from the late 1980s, and by 1996, it had 91,242 members.[5] In 2002, it merged with the Japan Confederation of Petroleum Industry Workers' Unions, the All Japan Chemistry Workers' Union, and the National Federation of Cement Workers' Unions of Japan, to form the Japan Federation of Energy and Chemistry Workers' Unions.[6]

References
  1. "合成化学産業労働組合連合会 ごうせいかがくさんぎょうろうどうくみあいれんごうかい". Kotobank. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. Proceedings of the World Congress of the International Federation of Petroleum and Chemical Workers (1970)
  3. "Ota Kaoru", Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  5. "List of RENGO affiliated union members" (PDF). Cross Currents. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. Kamakura, Yasuhiko (2003). Best Practices in Work-flexibility Schemes and Their Impact on the Quality of Working Life in the Chemical Industries. International Labour Organization. ISBN 9221141403.
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