General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan
The General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan (PRU, Japanese: 日本私鉄労働組合総連合会, Shitetsu Soren) is a trade union representing transport workers in Japan.
The union was founded on 10 January 1947 as a split from the Japan Transportation Labor Union Alliance. It was a founding affiliate of the original Japanese Trade Union Confederation. In 1949, it affiliated to the National Confederation of Trade Unions, but the following year, it left to become a founding affiliate of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan. It led a strike in 1952, and participated in the general transport strike of 1967, but generally focused on negotiation.[1] By 1967, it had 255,882 members.[2]
In 1989, the union was a founding affiliate of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation.[1] By 2020, it had 113,253 members.[3]
References
- ^ a b "日本私鉄労働組合総連合会". Kotobank. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "RENGO 2020-2021" (PDF). RENGO. Retrieved 18 November 2021.