General Chemistry - kagakuippan

...Ota Kaoru, the "father" of spring labor offensives and a former chairman of the General Council of Trade Unions, served as chairman for 29 years since the organization was founded, and expanded the organization and industries with a unified wage struggle as its axis, achieving some of the greatest achievements in the history of spring labor offensives. In 1979, against the backdrop of structural changes in the chemical industry, the organization unified with General Chemical Workers' Union (a merger of the former Chemical Union, the Joint Chemical Workers' Union, and the All-Union Union), which organized small and medium-sized companies and the processing chemical sector, strengthening its character as a large industry-wide organization. Internationally, the organization is affiliated with the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, and Mine Workers' Unions (ICEM) through the Japan Council of Chemical and Energy Workers' Unions. ...

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…春闘の〈生みの親〉であり，総評議長等を歴任した太田薫が結成以来29年間委員長を務め，賃金の統一闘争を軸に組織･業種を拡大，春闘史上に残る実績をつくった。化学産業の構造変化を背景に，79年中小･加工化学部門を組織する化学一般(旧化学同盟，合化労連合同労組，全統一の3組織を統合したもの)との組織統一を実現，大産別組織の性格を強めている。国際的には日本化学エネルギー労働組合協議会を通じてICEM(国際化学エネルギー鉱山一般労連)に加盟。…

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