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2024 July 24 - 30 [LABOR]

Zenroren 32nd Convention resolves to win higher wages and shorter workweek

The National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren) held the 32nd Convention for three days from July 25 and July 27 in Tokyo and adopted a new action program aimed at achieving goals such as winning higher wages and a shorter workweek. It also adopted a proposed course of action for a new leap forward in the Zenroren movement.

The Convention elected a new leadership led by Akiyama Masaomi. The percentage of women in the Convention stood at 32.8%.

At a press conference after the Convention, newly-elected Zenroren President Akiyama said that when thinking about ways to advance the labor movement, he always remembers his experience in Zenroren’s relief and reconstruction efforts after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. He expressed his determination to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Obata Masako, the first female Zenroren president, and to continue working on the issue of achieving gender equality.

The Convention received messages in solidarity from 26 organizations in 21 countries and three international and regional organizations. Among them, there were the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) in South Korea, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in France, the Argentine Workers’ Central Union (CTAA) in Argentina, and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) in the U.S.