Nikko Muroran Dispute

Japanese: 日鋼室蘭争議 - にっこうむろらんそうぎ

In 1954, during a deflationary economy, a labor dispute occurred at the Japan Steel Muroran Works (with approximately 3,700 employees) over targeted layoffs (901 people). It is famous as a typical example of an all-out struggle led by Sohyo's Takano Minoru, and is also known as a struggle against corporate consolidation (see the entry on the Sankoren struggle against corporate consolidation). The struggle ended in defeat for the Nippon Steel Muroran union, but it took 193 days to reach a settlement. The union was organized and supported by the entire Sohyo, including the Kitasanren (three Mitsui Mining unions in Hokkaido), which were also affiliated with Mitsui, and the neighboring Fuji Steel Muroran union.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

デフレ経済下の1954年，日本製鋼所室蘭製作所(従業員約3700人)での指名解雇(901人)をめぐる労働争議。総評高野実指導による〈ぐるみ〉闘争の典型として有名であり，企業整備反対闘争(〈三鉱連企業整備反対闘争〉の項参照)としても知られる。争議は日鋼室蘭労組の敗北に終わるが，妥結に至るまで193日を要した。組合は，同じ三井系の北三連(北海道の三井鉱山3労組)や隣接する富士製鉄室蘭労組をはじめ，総評あげてのオルグ･支援を受けた。

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