Kakushinkai - Kakushinkai

…In the summer of 1919, a printers' strike broke out at 16 daily newspapers in Tokyo. This was the first newspaper strike in the history of Japanese newspapers, and Kakushinkai was the name of the labor union that was the main force behind the strike. That year also saw the first real rise in the labor union movement amid the abnormal price hikes that followed World War I, and on June 17, the newspaper industry also saw the birth of the first newspaper labor union in history, the Newspaper Printers' Union Kakushinkai, organized by printers from 16 daily newspapers in Tokyo. …

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…1919年夏，東京の日刊新聞16社で起こった印刷工の争議。日本新聞史上最初の新聞争議で，革進会は争議の主体となった労働組合の名称。この年は第1次世界大戦後の異常な物価騰貴が続く中で労働組合運動が初めて本格的な高揚を見せたが，新聞界でも6月17日東京の日刊新聞16社の印刷工で組織した史上初の新聞労働組合〈新聞印刷工組合革進会〉が誕生。…

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