Union Alliance - Kumiai Doumei

Japanese: 組合同盟 - くみあいどうめい

Its official name was the Japan Labor Union Federation. It was a national center of labor unions that was formed in December 1926 as a result of the second split of the Japan Labor Confederation (the Japanese Labor Confederation) in connection with the formation of a proletarian political party. It was the main support group for the moderate proletarian party, the Japan Labor-Farmer Party, and its successor, the Japan Taishu Party. The official number of members at the time of its founding was 20,000, but the actual number is thought to have been less than half that. Its leaders were intellectuals from the Shinjinkai, such as Tanahashi Kotora and Kikukawa Tadao, as well as striker-like activists from working-class backgrounds, such as Mochizuki Genji, Iwanai Zensaku, and Takanashi Tsuneo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

正式名称は日本労働組合同盟。1926年12月，無産政党結成にからむ総同盟(日本労働総同盟)第2次分裂によって生まれた労働組合の全国中央組織(ナショナル･センター)。中間派無産政党の日本労農党およびその後身である日本大衆党の主要な支持団体であった。創立時の公称人員は2万人であるが，実際はその半数以下とみられる。指導者は，棚橋小虎，菊川忠雄ら新人会出身の知識人，それに望月源治，岩内善作，高梨二夫ら労働者出身のストライキマン的活動家であった。

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