Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Union
The Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Union is a trade union representing private sector workers in Japan, in three related industries.
The union was founded in 1953 as the Japanese Federation of Electric Machine Workers' Unions. In 1962, it became affiliated with the Federation of Independent Unions, becoming its largest affiliate; by 1967, it had 402,173 members. In 1987, it transferred to Churitsuroren's successor, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, and in 1992 it was renamed the "Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Union." By 1996, it had 764,658 members, but this fell to 569,285 by 2020.