Noda soy sauce dispute

Japanese: 野田醬油争議 - のだしょうゆそうぎ

The longest labor dispute in prewar Japan, which took place in 1927-28. The Japanese General Confederation of Labor (Sōdōmei) was established in 1921 at Noda Soy Sauce Co., Ltd. (now Kikkoman) in Noda, Chiba Prefecture (with approximately 2,000 employees), and in 1923 and 1925, it submitted demands to the company and had them realized. In April 1952, when the workers demanded a wage increase, the company attempted to destroy the union, using organized crime groups and local organizations to suppress the workers, and fired 1,047 workers who had been on strike since September at the end of the year. The workers continued to strike, but the Kyoyōkai stepped in to mediate, and a settlement was reached in April 1953 with the reemployment of 300 workers and the payment of various allowances, bringing the 216-day strike to an end, and destroying the Noda branch of the Sōdōmei Kanto Labor Domei Association Brewery Workers' Union.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1927‐28年におきた戦前日本最長の労働争議。千葉県野田の野田醬油(従業員約2000人，現キッコーマン)には1921年から日本労働総同盟(総同盟)の組織が作られ，23年，25年に会社へ要求を提出し実現させていた。27年4月，労働者が賃上げを要求すると会社側は組合の破壊を企図，暴力団と町の諸機関を利用して弾圧を加え，9月からストライキに入った労働者1047人を年末に解雇した。労働者はストライキを継続したが協調会が調停に入り，28年4月に300人の再雇用と諸手当支給をもって妥結，216日間に及んだストライキは収束し，総同盟関東労働同盟会醸造労組野田支部は壊滅した。

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