Japanese Federation of Forest and Wood Workers' Union

{{short description|Trade union in Japan}}

The Japanese Federation of Forest and Wood Workers' Union (JFFWU; {{langx|ja|全日本森林林業木材関連産業労働組合連合会}}, Sinrin Roren) is a trade union representing forestry and wood workers in Japan.

The union was established on 3 October 1989, when the National Forest Workers' Union of Japan merged with a rival union.{{cite web |title=森林労連(全日本森林関連産業労働組合連合会)[労]1989.10.3 |url=https://oisr-org.ws.hosei.ac.jp/research/dglb/explanation/exp_detail/?exp_id=4-012-9003708 |website=OISR |access-date=15 December 2021}} It became affiliated with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, and by 1996 it had 21,278 members.{{cite web |title=List of RENGO affiliated union members |url=http://www.crosscurrents.hawaii.edu/assets/jwork/extra/doc/JWORK089_377.pdf |website=Cross Currents |access-date=18 November 2021}} In 2006, it was joined by the National Forestry Workers' Union of Japan.{{cite web |last1=Fujii |first1=Hiroaki |title=Industrial Unionization in Japan: The Conversion Plan of National Forest Workers of Japan and the Process of its Decline |url=http://www.seiryo-u.ac.jp/u/research/gakkai/ronbunlib/e_ronsyu_pdf/No129/06_fujii_129.pdf |website=Kanazawa Seiryo University |access-date=15 December 2021}} However, it has steadily lost members, and by 2020 its membership was down to 5,362.{{cite web |title=RENGO 2020-2021 |url=http://www.jtuc-rengo.org/about/data/rengo2020-2021.pdf |website=RENGO |access-date=18 November 2021}}

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