National Federation of Cement Workers' Unions of Japan

The National Federation of Cement Workers' Unions of Japan (Japanese: 全国セメント労働組合連合会, Zenkoku Semento) was a trade union representing workers involved in manufacturing cement in Japan.

The union was founded in 1947,^[1] and was later a founding affiliate of the Federation of Independent Unions (Churitsuroren). By 1967, it had 26,855 members.^[2] In the late 1980s, it affiliated to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, but by 1996 it had only 7,263 members remaining.^[3] In 2002, it merged with the Japanese Federation of Chemistry Workers' Unions, the National Organization of All Chemical Workers and the Japan Confederation of Petroleum Industry Workers' Unions, to form the Japan Federation of Energy and Chemistry Workers' Unions.^[4]

References

1. Seifert, Wolfgang. Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN 9783322899309.
2. Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. "List of RENGO affiliated union members" (PDF). Cross Currents. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
4. Kamakura, Yasuhiko (2003). Best Practices in Work-flexibility Schemes and Their Impact on the Quality of Working Life in the Chemical Industries. International Labour Organization. ISBN 9221141403.