Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Commerce, Food and General Services Workers' Unions explained

The Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Commerce, Food and General Services Workers' Unions (Japanese: 全国繊維化学食品流通サービス一般労働組合同盟, UA Zensen) is a trade union representing workers in various sectors in Japan.

History

The union was founded on 6 November 2012, with merger of the Japanese Federation of Textile, Chemical, Food, Commercial, Service and General Workers' Unions and the Japan Federation of Service and Distributive Workers' Unions. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation. It was the largest industrial trade union in the country, with 1,641,955 on formation, and by 2020, this had grown to 1,790,000 members.^{[1] [2]}

Presidents

2012: Naoto Ohmi

2016: Akihiko Matsuura

References

1. Ikeda . Fumi . THE ELECTORAL CLOUT OF UNIONS IN JAPAN: VOTE MOBILIZATION IN COMPANY TOWNS . Journal of East Asian Studies . 2019 . 19 . 1.
2. Web site: UA ZENSEN with 1.79 million membership . UA ZENSEN . 14 November 2021.