Organizing activities - Orugu Kadō

Japanese: オルグ活動 - おるぐかつどう
Organizing activities - Orugu Kadō

...meaning an organizer, or "org" for short. Dispatched from a higher-level labor union organization, they are responsible for a specific region or business, and they work with unorganized workers to encourage them to join or form unions, and also play a role in supporting weaker union sub-organizations (such activities are called organizing activities). In late 19th century England, industrial and general unions were established to overcome the limitations of occupational unions, but these unions primarily targeted unskilled workers who had not previously been organized, and so the new role of organizer was needed to organize them and expand unions.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "organizing activities" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…組織者の意味で,略してオルグともいう。労働組合の上部機関から派遣され,特定の地域や経営に責任をもち,未組織労働者に働きかけて組合加入や組合結成を促進し,また,弱体な組合下部組織に貼りついて,その活動を援助する(このような活動をオルグ活動という)役割を果たす。19世紀末のイギリスで,職業別組合の限界を突破するために産業別組合や一般組合が成立したが,これらの組合はそれまで未組織だった不熟練労働者をおもな組織対象としたため,彼らを組織して組合拡大をはかるためにオルガナイザーという新しい役割が必要とされるようになった。…

※「オルグ活動」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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