Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions

Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions (JRU)
Zen-nihon tetsudō-rōdō-kumiai
Founded	February 2, 1987
Location	Japan;
Members	22,561 (as of 2020)
Affiliations	RENGO
Website	jr-souren.com/en/

The Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions (JRU) (全日本鉄道労働組合総連合会, Zen-nihon tetsudō-rōdō-kumiai) is a Japanese trade union, which is usually referred to as JR-Soren (JR総連) in Japanese.

History

The union was founded on 2 February 1987, with the merger of the

Japanese Trade Union Confederation.^[1] In 1992, many former Tetsuro members split away, in protest at the union considering the possibility of strikes, and formed the rival Japan Railway Trade Unions Confederation.^[2] In 1996, the union had 70,710 members,^[3] but by 2020, this had fallen to only 22,561.^[4]

In 2010, a complaint was lodged in the Diet that JR-Soren was being financially controlled by the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction). JR-Soren denied the charges. The charge was repeated by Kansei Nakano and confirmed by several weekly magazines.^{[citation needed]}

Composition

JR-Soren consists of 11 unions and has 62,300 members.^[5]

Overseas activities

JR-Soren has assisted with construction of elementary schools in China, and in 2002, established an office in Kabul to support the people of Afghanistan.^[5]

References

^ "Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 323, November 2000". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ "Restructuring of the Japan National Railways". International Labour Review. 133. 1994.
^ "List of RENGO affiliated union members" (PDF). Cross Currents. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "RENGO 2020-2021" (PDF). RENGO. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b JR Soren website "What is JRU?" Retrieved on August 11, 2012

External links

www.jru7.net

[1] "Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 323, November 2000". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[2] "Restructuring of the Japan National Railways". International Labour Review. 133. 1994.

[3] "List of RENGO affiliated union members" (PDF). Cross Currents. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[4] "RENGO 2020-2021" (PDF). RENGO. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[soren-5] JR Soren website "What is JRU?" Retrieved on August 11, 2012

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