National Federation Of Industrial Organisations

The National Federation Of Industrial Organisations (FIO, Japanese: 全国産業別労働組合連合, Shinsanbetsu) was a national trade union federation in Japan.

The federation was a split from Sanbetsu, which took place in 1952.[1] Always a small organisation, by 1967 it had only three affiliates and a total of 69,839 members.[2] By 1978, it had 61,000 members, and that year, it formed a loose association with the Federation of Independent Unions (Churitsuroren), intending to merge in the future.[3] In 1987, it merged with both Churitsuroren and the larger Japanese Confederation of Labour, to form the Japanese Trade Union Confederation.[4]

  1. ^ Levine, Solomon B. (1954). "Prospects of Japanese Labor". Far Eastern Survey. 23 (5). doi:10.2307/3024094. JSTOR 3024094.
  2. ^ Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ Country Labor Profile: Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1979. p. 5.
  4. ^ Carlile, Lonny E. (1994). "Party Politics and the Japanese Labor Movement: Rengo's "New Political Force"". Asian Survey. 34 (7). doi:10.2307/2645371. JSTOR 2645371.