The Federation of Information and Communication Technology Service Workers of Japan

The Federation of Information and Communication Technology Service Workers of Japan (ICTJ, Japanese: 情報産業労働組合連合会) is a trade union representing IT and telecommunications workers in Japan.

The union was established in 1962 as the All-Japan Telecommunication Workers' Union.[1] It affiliated to the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan, and by 1967, it had 226,685 members.[2] In 1978, it joined the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International. At the end of the 1980s, it joined the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, of which its president, Akira Yamagishi, became the first leader.[1] In 1991, it became the ICTJ, and by 2009, its membership was 220,730.[3] By 2020, its membership had fallen to 199,135.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "沿革". ICTJ. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. ^ Chaffee, Frederick H. (1969). Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ "RENGO 2010 2011". ILO. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ "RENGO 2020-2021" (PDF). RENGO. Retrieved 18 November 2021.