Akira Yamagishi
Akira Yamagishi(Sơn ngạn chương,Yamagishi Akira,18 July 1929 – 10 April 2016)was a Japanese trade union leader who served as the first president of theJapanese Trade Union Confederationfrom 1989 to 1994.
Born inOsaka,Yamagishi began working in atelegramoffice, and joined theJapan Telecommunications Workers' Union.After many years active in the union, in 1982, he was elected as its president.[1]
Yamagishi decided to focus on making international and national links between unions. He affiliated the union to thePostal, Telegraph and Telephone International,and served as president of the international from 1985 to 1990. In 1989, he was a leading figure in bringing together the public- and private-sector unions in Japan, forming the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), and serving as its first president.[1]
As the most important trade union leader in Japan, Yamagishi supported theJapan Socialist Partyand opposed the rulingLiberal Democratic Party.He cooperated with LDP defectorIchiro Ozawato bring about anon-LDP and non-JCP coalitioncabinet led byMorihiro Hosokawain 1993, persuading the initially reluctant socialists to support the coalition.[1][2]
In 1994 Yamagishi retired due to poor health. He died in 2016.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcd"The first chief of the labor organization Rengo, Akira Yamagishi, dies at 86".Japan Times.16 April 2016.Retrieved5 November2019.
- ^Pekkanen, Robert (2 October 2018).Critical Readings on the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan: Volume 3.Brill Publishers. p. 1033.ISBN978-9004380547.
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