Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Unions
The Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Unions (Japanese: 日本新聞労働組合連合), better known by its Japanese abbreviation Shinbun Rōren, is a trade union representing newspaper journalists in Japan.[1]
History
[edit]Shinbun Rōren was founded on 30 June 1950.[2][page needed] It was affiliated with the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (Sōhyō), and by 1958 it had 27,056 members.[3][page needed]. In 1960, Shinbun Rōren played an active role in the massive Anpo protests against renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty, with journalists reporting on the protests as part of their job, and then joining the protests after they got off of work.[4] By 1970, membership had grown to 38,057[5][page needed] and reached 41,961 by 1985.[2][page needed]
In 1989, Sōhyō merged into the RENGO trade federation, but Shinbun Rōren decided instead to become independent.[2][page needed] As of 2019, it had 21,876 members.[6]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Kapur 2018, p. 229.
- ^ a b c Seifert, Wolfgang. Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN 9783322899309.
- ^ Directory of Labor Organizations, Asia and Australasia. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1958.
- ^ Kapur 2018, pp. 229, 235.
- ^ Labor Law and Practice in Japan. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1970.
- ^ "令和元年労働組合基礎調査". Government of Japan. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
Works cited
[edit]- Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674984424.
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