National Forestry Workers' Union of Japan
The National Forestry Workers' Union of Japan (Japanese: 日本林業労働組合, Nichirinro) was a trade union representing forestry and timber workers in Japan.
The union was founded in 1965 and affiliated to the Japanese Confederation of Labour.[1] By 1970, it had 10,062 members.[2] It transferred to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation in the late 1980s, but by 1996, its membership was down to 2,020.[3] In 2006, it merged into the Japanese Federation of Forest and Wood Workers' Union.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fujii, Hiroaki. "Industrial Unionization in Japan: The Conversion Plan of National Forest Workers of Japan and the Process of its Decline" (PDF). Kanazawa Seiryo University. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Labor Law and Practice in Japan. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1970.
- ^ "List of RENGO affiliated union members" (PDF). Cross Currents. Retrieved 18 November 2021.