FY2024-FY2025 Action Policies
Let’s walk together and change together, taking society on to a new stage
Expand the circle of colleagues, aiming for a secure society

I. The Current Situation and Challenges
1. The Social and Economic Situation
 The COVID-19 continued to have an enormous impact on our daily lives for about
three-and-a-half years. Despite the fact that it has still not come to an end, its legal
status as an infectious disease was altered in May 2023, and while each particularindustry is still facing a variety of situations, our society and economy are beginningto move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe that this was the result ofefforts by the whole society, including our working colleagues throughout thecountry, to protect employment and support society in the midst of the severe
environment during this time.
 At the same time, and coupled with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, thehistoric rises in the prices of energy and raw materials brought about by the weak
yen rate and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia have led to a further setback in ourdaily lives. The more vulnerable people are the more they have been placed inharsh circumstances by the malfunction of safety nets, precarious employment, andthe expansion of poverty and disparities.
 Internationally, as there are impacts such as the unstable economic and politicalsituation and differences between Western and Japanese financial policies, future
prospects for the Japanese economy still remain uncertain. In addition, lack ofclarity about how the government is managing the accumulating national debt isalso a matter of concern for the future. Just as society and the economy areapproaching a fork in the road, we must consolidate the flow toward wage rises
created thus far through the Spring Labour Offensive for a Better Life and have thislead on to self-sustaining economic growth and a virtuous cycle of distribution. At
the same time, it is necessary to realize policies and systems where everybody,
including people who are in difficult situations, can feel hope for the future.
 We also have no further time to postpone the resolution of the structural issues thathave continued since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan’s structural issues
pointed out in the RENGO Vision “A Secure Society based on Work – Protecting,Connecting, and Creating,” such as the expansion of precarious employment andcontraction of the middle class; poverty and disparity; accelerating population
decline and labour shortage, as seen in the lowest ever level of the number ofbirths; social security and the sustainability of local areas; the accumulating
financial deficit; and global climate change, have still not been resolved, and,coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic and the international situation, are becoming
increasingly grave. Once again, RENGO demands that efforts be made for policy
realization toward a sustainable and inclusive society upheld in the RENGO Vision.
In the solution of these issues, it is indispensable that the perspective of “gendermainstreaming,” which promotes women’s participation in decision-making
processes in all sectors and reflects this in policies, is taken with accompanying
impact assessments.
 The realization of a Just Transition that will lead to growth in regional economies
and the creation of decent work is essential in GX (the green transformation) andDX (the digital transformation), which will bring about changes in the economy andemployment in the mid to long term. The idea of a Just Transition, based on
RENGO’s demands, was incorporated into the GX Promotion Act passed in a
regular Diet session this year. From now onwards, it will be crucial to push forwardwith efforts toward actualization of the Act, such as uncovering policy issues
through “social dialog” among stakeholders, including trade unions, at the national,
local, and industry levels, and building multilayered safety nets.
 While generative AI technology such as ChatGPT is achieving spectacularadvances, it has issues such as the authenticity of data and information, theprotection of fundamental human rights and intellectual property rights, and future
impacts on the world of work. We must watch carefully to see whether or not thiswill be a technological development that will result in safety, security and harmony
in society.
 As supply chains extend around the world, international society is paying more
attention to business and human rights. However, while it became a big issue that
foreign workers have their human rights violated and are harassed in our society,the responses to these have been halfhearted. It is our duty as trade unions torealize workplaces where human rights are fully respected, and it is thus necessary,even more now than in the past, to push forward with responses such as
campaigning and advocating toward companies.
 Globalization is causing issues such as climate change, conflict and terrorism tospread on a global scale. Contributions are required from the labour movement toresolve issues in the move toward the realization of global inclusive growth andpeace, such as by promotion of the SDGs (the UN Sustainable Development
Goals).
2. The Political Situation
 The “New Form of Capitalism” put forward by the Kishida Cabinet, refers to theharmful effects of neoliberalism, upholds such notions as “a virtuous cycle ofgrowth and distribution” and “the revival of a thick middle class,” but we are yet tosee such actions as tax reform that moves toward a redistribution of income. At thesame time, as a “Trinity Reform of the Labour Market,” the Cabinet has come up
with reskilling, the introduction of a job-based personnel management system that
corresponds to the realities of individual companies, and the facilitation of thelabour shift to growing sectors. It is necessary to discern carefully, from theperspective of worker protection, whether this will fall into facile job mobility andwidening inequalities, or whether it will lead to the construction of effective
employment safety nets that will include their colleagues in non-regular
employment and in small and medium-sized enterprises. It goes without saying,considering individual policies and measures, social dialog is the premise.
Additionally, although “unprecedented countermeasures for the declining
birthrate” have been put forward, not only is the securing of their effectivenessbeing questioned, but even the inadequate discussions on how to secure the fiscal
resources have been postponed. With greatly increased expenditures and theissuing of government bonds due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the stance ofachieving fiscal soundness as a duty toward future generations is becoming
ambiguous.
 Regarding the government’s fundamental policies, at the end of 2022 the Cabinet
gave cabinet approval to “three security documents” which set forth, among others,a clear statement on the acquisition of a “counterstrike capability” and an increasein the defense budget to 2% of GDP in FY2027. Since that time, however, it cannot
be said that even in Diet deliberations have full discussions been held on thenecessity or justification for the strengthening of defense capabilities, and with the
postponement of a concrete proposal for securing fiscal resources, thegovernment’s accountability is being called into question. Since changes in the
security environment surrounding Japan have impacts on such matters as thestable securing of supplies of food, resources and energy, as well as economic
security, diplomatic efforts are of primary and extreme importance in regional
peace and stability, and the safety of the Japanese people. In “RENGO’s Political
Policy,” we state that a national consensus is crucial regarding the government’s
fundamental policies, and RENGO will continue to observe trends closely on thisbasis.
 The “G7 Leaders’ Hiroshima Vision on Nuclear Disarmament” was announced at
the G7 Hiroshima Summit amidst continuing moves to reverse peace and nuclear
disarmament in the world, with, for example, the North Korean development of
nuclear and missile capabilities and threats of the use of nuclear weapons by
Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine still continues. However, a concrete path toward
the realization of “a world free of nuclear weapons” was not indicated. The horrorsof nuclear weapons must not happen twice. We strongly demand that the leadersof the countries who touched upon that reality at the site bombed in the war display
their responsibility and role in moving forward to the realization of the abolition of
nuclear weapons and toward world peace.
 While political and policy issues accumulate, the decline in the voter turnout in bothnational and local elections and the lack of prospective legislators is increasing inseverity to the extent that it is no exaggeration to say that democracy is in crisis.
To protect the rights and improve the daily lives of all working people, it isimperative to send to the Diet and local councils colleagues, as representatives,
who have a close familiarity with workplaces, including legislators within RENGO’sorganizations. To achieve this, it is vital to strengthen exactly the kinds of activities
in which trade unions excel to enable the understanding with true feeling in day-today life that issues in the workplace and daily life are directly linked to politics.
One cause of low voter turnouts is that political forces that clearly put forward tosociety a sustainable and inclusive social vision and political system that isresponsive to the feelings of working colleagues and consumers and acts as arallying point for opposition to the ruling parties is not easily apparent. It is therefore
necessary to aim to gather around and expand a political force that takes the
position of working colleagues and consumers, centring on legislators belonging
to the Constitutional Democratic Party and Democratic Party For the People, whoshare the RENGO Vision and the policies toward its realization to the greatest
extent.
3. Issues Surrounding the RENGO Movement
 In the midst of great changes in the socioeconomic situation, RENGO has madeefforts to maintain and create employment, improve wages and working conditions,and strengthen social safety nets. In the Spring Labour Offensive for a Better Life,
while upholding the flag of “Spring Labour Offensive to Create the Future” andlinking this to the “RENGO Emergency Action,” as a result of taking actions toarouse social opportunities, such as the development of efforts in affiliates,
enterprise-based unions, and local RENGO organizations; realization of
exchanges of views among the government, labour, and employers; and dialogs
with business groups, we are gradually bringing about a huge shift in Japan’s wage
trends. Further, positive outcomes are beginning to appear in the spread in societyof the value of collective industrial relations through efforts for the expanded
coverage of collective agreements. Network-building with colleagues who work as
freelancers has also taken a step forward through “Wor-Q.”
 At the same time, we must also take another look to ensure that the notion that
trade unions and the RENGO movement are “always at your side” is true for all
working colleagues. While there were restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic
and despite efforts by affiliates and local RENGO organizations, RENGO’s
registered members have once again fallen below seven million. It is the duty oftrade unions to communicate the significance of collective industrial relations andto broaden that circle so that all working colleagues can continue to work withsatisfaction and peace of mind, and it is necessary to share a sense of crisis about
the current situation throughout RENGO with an all-out insistence on expanding
and strengthening the organization.
While passing through the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of utilization of
online technologies brought about an expansion of participatory opportunities, butthere are also voices saying that the distance between themselves and the union
members grew due to restrictions placed on communication. It has been pointed
out that in the face of the traditional issue of the shortage of trade union leaders,
how to secure and develop human resources and how to accelerate genderequality and diversity in the movement, including in decision-making processes,
are also urgent issues related to the very basis of the promotion of the movement.
Now, as we push forward the movement to regain our day-to-day routine after the
COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital that we grasp every opportunity to put together amovement in which the whole of RENGO will strive with all its strength, based on
the voices of working colleagues gathered from workplaces and communities, andspread the ideas of understanding of, empathy for, and participation in trade unions
and the RENGO movement in revitalizing the movement, and by extension, in
securing and developing future leaders of the movement.
This year 2023 marks 20 years since the RENGO Evaluation Committee Report.
We should take to heart the point made in the report that “Trade unions do not work
only in solidarity for their own benefit but to face up to irrationality in society and to
struggle together with people who are in a weaker position than themselves,” andbe aware that RENGO is required to be a movement that responds to the
expectations of all working colleagues.
II. The Foundations of the 18th Term RENGO Movements
1. Toward a Shift in the Socioeconomic Stage Based on the recent COVID-19 pandemic and increased cost of living, along withmid- and long-term international and domestic structural issues, we will go forward
for the upcoming two years to ensure a shift in the socioeconomic stage toward “aSecure Society based on Work.” In the medium term, therefore, we will vigorously
promote "investment in people" and continuous increases in monthly wages.
Further, while making efforts to enhance and strengthen employment andlivelihood safety nets with the advances in GX and DX in mind, we will work tostrengthen the base of small and medium-sized enterprises, including appropriate
price pass-through; revitalize local areas; and pursue gender mainstreaming in allpolicies.
 To protect and connect all working colleagues and to strengthen policy realization
toward the society RENGO is aiming for, we will push forward with expansion andstrengthening of our organization. Toward a reversal and expansion of the reduced
organization members, we will firmly insist on the attainment of the goals we haveset ourselves and take every opportunity to strive for an expansion of theorganization. We will simultaneously pursue a strengthening of cooperation among
affiliates, local RENGO organizations, and RENGO Headquarters toward thecreation of unions through labour consultations and other means, and to expand
collective industrial relations as well as connections with diverse working
colleagues, including those on part-time and fixed-term contracts. In addition, we
will also work on expanding our cooperation with colleagues such as freelancers
through, for example, further development of “Wor-Q.”
 To communicate broadly to society the value of the RENGO movement as one thatis “always at your side,” we will develop the “RENGO Action” in which affiliates,
local RENGO organizations, and RENGO Headquarters will act together in unisonand connect all working colleagues and consumers. We will positively develop
various types of movement, including “05 (RENGO) Day Action,” based on the
recent “Efforts to Improve the Image of RENGO” and “Participatory Movement
Pushed Forward with Youth,” and work to widen and deepen these both inside andoutside the organization.
 Toward the realization of gender equality and diversity in trade unions and in the
RENGO movement itself, we will proceed with practical steps toward attainment ofphase one of the “Gender Equality Promotion Plan.” The utilization of online technologies during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic
led to more opportunities to participate in the movement. At the same time, there
was also a rediscovery of the importance of gained experiences through sharing
the ambience of real face-to-face events. We will therefore continue to work formore active communication while making appropriate use of online technologies
suited to the goal of the activity in addition to face-to-face events.
 We will work to strengthen cooperation with diverse actors at both the central andlocal levels, including social dialogue among government, workers and employers,
as well as workers' voluntary welfare organizations such as the National Councilof Workers’ Welfare, Labour Banks, and the Kokumin Kyosai Co-op, and various
types of organizations with which we share issues, such as NPOs, and experts.
 As great changes continue to occur in society and the economy, we must respondto the expectations of all working colleagues while also ceaselessly striving toreform our movement. The achievements of the recent Spring Labour Offensive
for a Better Life indicate that we are capable of moving society and the economy
in a new direction if we who gather around the RENGO flag combine our strength
together. We at RENGO, as an organization that is “always at your side,” will makebroad appeals for the social value inherent in trade unions and, while gaining
understanding and empathy, will push forward the movement toward a shift in thesocial and economic stage.
2. Toward a Verification and Review of the RENGO Vision and Reform Packages
 To rebuild the movement toward the realization of the society upheld in the RENGO
Vision and to strengthen the base for this, in the 16th Action Policy RENGO
confirmed that it will implement and carry out verification and improvement in thetimeframe of three terms, six years, of the four reform packages (1. Movement
Areas and Prioritization. 2. Organizational Structure and Operation, 3. Securing
and Development of Human Resources, and 4. Finances) based on the Report of
the Committee to Strengthen the RENGO Movement (June 2019). Since that time,
during the four years of the 16th and 17th terms, as well as pushing forward withsuch matters as movement areas and prioritization, consideration of the foundingof a “Regional General RENGO,” cooperation with colleagues working as
freelancers, including “Wor-Q,” strengthening of the labour consultation system,and discussions on securing and developing human resources who will lead the
movement in the future, we have examined, based on the “Implementation Planfor the Central Membership Fee System,” organizational registration and thenature of grants to assure the fairness of burdens on affiliates and to heighten thesustainability of local movements.
 The 18th term is the final period for the implementation of the four Reform
Packages. In the first year, having finalized the rebuilding of the movement for“Protecting Every Working Colleague,” “Connecting Working Colleagues and Local
Communities,” and “Creating New Vitality in Society and the Economy,” upheld in
the RENGO Vision, in the second year, we will discern the situation in such matters

as the accelerating population decrease and technological innovations, andprogress in the realization of policies and systems. We will also work on necessary
improvements, such as conducting a verification of the reform packages alongside
a review of the content of the RENGO Vision and a review of the selection of thepriority areas. In addition, we will also conduct an examination of policy concepts
for social security, education, and tax system based on changes in the social andeconomic circumstances.

III. Concrete Action Policies for the Two Years of this Action Policy Term
Priority Area – 1
Pursuit of Collective Industrial Relations that will Protect and Connect All
Working Colleagues
As a duty of the national center, as well as pursuing an amplification andstrengthening of collective industrial relations that respond to changes in theenvironment of working people, and in order to have RENGO Headquarters, affiliates,
and local RENGO organizations work together in unison and have the role of tradeunions permeate even deeper into society and workplaces, we will push forward witha strengthening of base such as in human resources and organizational structure. In
addition, toward the realization of a sustainable society, we will build up a broad
movement through positive social dialog and proactive communication.
1. Construction and Strengthening of Collective Industrial Relations that
Include Diverse Types of Workers(1) Toward building collective industrial relations in all workplaces, we will act tostrengthen organizing and the organization in a way that leads to a strengtheningof the base, and to ensure that the majority representation system is appropriately
and thoroughly implemented, and the rules tightened in workplaces, with a view tothe future introduction of legislation for worker representation.
(2) To have the achievements of collective industrial relations extend to larger
numbers of working colleagues, we will organize the issues and make efforts for
expanded local coverage of collective agreements with the cooperation of affiliates
and local RENGO organizations.
(3) While compliance with the Act on ensuring fair transactions involving freelance
contractors (the New Freelance Act) goes without saying, we will act, forexample, to strengthen social safety nets and review and broaden the concept
of “worker” based on “RENGO’s Views on Legal Protection for Employees who
Work in ‘Ambiguous Employment’” and the New Freelance Act.
(4) We will promote efforts that lead to a strengthening of collective industrial relations,such as establishing a portal site that integrates actions related to thenormalization of the majority representation system, the expanded coverage ofcollective agreements, and strengthening of organizing and the organization.
2. Promotion of Efforts that Connect and Support Working Colleagues andResponses to New Issues(1) We will push forward with connecting with and making new colleagues throughefforts for freelancers and Wor-Q. We will also gather their views and have theselead on to issue resolution through “Wor-Q Advisory Board” and a “Freelance
Summit.” Firstly, we will cooperate with relevant organizations toward
improvements in the labour environment of freelancers who work in the culturaland performing arts sector. We will push forward with efforts toward strengthening

the functions of Wor-Q to have it become a true receptacle for freelancers whoneed to resolve issues, including the necessity for safety nets.
(2) We will establish a Founding Preparatory Meeting to work toward the startup of the“Regional General RENGO” that will consist of (new) local unions, and proceedwith concrete preparations under the coordination and cooperation of local
RENGO organizations. Furthermore, based on fact-finding surveys onorganizations directly affiliated to local RENGO organizations, special participatingorganizations, and organizations affiliated to local unions, we will strengthen ourefforts toward a transformation to RENGO affiliates.
3. Attainment of the Organizational Expansion Goal and Strengthening of theBase toward Realization of the “Organizational Expansion Plan 2030”(1) We will absolutely insist on the necessity to achieve the organizational expansion
goals that the RENGO Headquarters, affiliates, and local RENGO organizations
have set forth for themselves. Based on the “Organizational Expansion Plan 2030,”
affiliates will go all out to organize part-time workers, workers on fixed contracts,
reemployed workers, and also subsidiaries and affiliated companies. Local
RENGO organizations will also go all out to organize small and medium-sizedenterprises and local companies that are not yet organized. In addition, we will
strengthen cooperation and support among the three parts of the organization,
RENGO Headquarters, affiliates, and local RENGO organizations, to develop an
integrated movement.
(2) We will continue to promote efforts to stem the decline in union members througha strengthening of the organization. To achieve this, affiliates will strengthen
elements such as intra-organization communication, and, while preventing decline
in union members in advance, RENGO Headquarters will provide support such as
grasping factors causing the decline as well as summarizing and sharing casestudies.
(3) To strengthen the human resources for phase 1 of the “Organizational Expansion
Plan 2030” (up to September 2025), RENGO Headquarters, affiliates, and local
RENGO organizations, as well as pushing steadily forward with the positioning oforganizers, will also, while considering the gender balance, make efforts to secureand develop human resources that will work on organizing. For systematic humanresources development and network construction, the Headquarters will
strengthen support centring on central and bloc organizers.
(4) Taking every opportunity to communicate broadly to society the importance oforganizing and collective industrial relations, increase points of contact with central
and local employers’ organizations and sectoral organizations, and further, having
connections with diverse non-organized workers, we will push forward thepromotion of understanding trade unions and the upgrading of the environment forbuilding industrial relations, and have this lead on to organizing.
4. Efforts toward the Rejuvenation Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Making Use of the RENGO Platform (Smiles and Energy Platform)

(1) In cooperation with various employers’ organizations and the administration, andtoward the sustained development of SMEs and the rejuvenation of communities
where the people who work in SMEs can live without any worries, we will further
work using the “Smiles and Energy Platform.”(2) As well as strengthening cooperation with the various employers’ organizations,educational institutions and others that support SMEs and sharing information withthem on a daily basis, we will work on the issues and other matters commonly heldby both labour and management of SMEs.
5. Public Opinion Formation and Policy Realization through a New Movement
Style; Development of a Movement Expressing the Idea of “Always by YourSide” with All Working Colleagues(1) By having RENGO Headquarters, affiliates, and local RENGO organizations work
closely on building a social movement through a virtuous cycle of “understanding,empathy, and participation,” we will develop “RENGO Actions” that will connect
with all working colleagues and consumers.
(2) Toward further understanding of the labour movement, we will proactively develop
every type of movement, including “05 (RENGO) Day,” based on efforts to improve
the image of RENGO and the participatory movement pushed forward with youth,
and will work to widen and deepen these both inside and outside the organization.
(3) We will strive to strengthen the overall RENGO communication capabilities fromwide-ranging viewpoints, including improvements in public relations skills in theaffiliates, local RENGO organizations, and RENGO Headquarters

Priority Area – 2:
Promote the Movement to Protect and Create the Secure Society and Decent
Work
Amidst advances in GX and DX, we will make efforts to realize decent work for all
working colleagues, such as amplifying “investment in people” and the maintenanceand strengthening of safety nets. In addition, to work on responses to Japan’s structuralissues, a low birthrate and aging society, population decline, and the widening ofincome disparities, we will inspect and review social security, education and thecomprehensive tax reform. In combination with this, to strengthen efforts toward therealization of policy making, we will work to review the policy planning process, suchas with priority policies, strengthen the capabilities for the dissemination of information,and strengthen cooperation with RENGO Forum lawmakers.
1. Efforts for Joint Reform in Social Security, Education and the ComprehensiveTax(1) Through a thoroughgoing review of expenditures and revenues, we will put thebrakes on the passing on of burdens to future generations and make efforts torealize budgets and a tax system that take the position of working colleagues andconsumers. In particular, we will examine RENGO's "Tax Reform Initiative" as wellas advancing efforts toward fundamental reform by organizing the necessary
measures based on the challenges facing Japan, such as securing the stablefinancial resources necessary to build a sustainable and inclusive social security
system and strengthening the income redistribution function.
(2) We will push forward the digitization of the administration and society, such as
constructing a social safety net that makes use of the My Number system andpromote efforts toward the realization of a sustainable and inclusive society. At thattime, we will demand a further strengthening of the personal data securing system,
such as thoroughgoing checks and operational reviews of the system, in order topromote digitization based on the trust in the Japanese people.
(3) To enable all people to live in peace, we will make efforts to encourage policies
and measures that will contribute to the enrichment of social security, such assupport for children and child-rearing, support for the independence of people inneed, healthcare, long-term nursing care, welfare for people with disabilities, andpensions, and improvements in wages and working conditions toward securing
human resources for those who bear the work of social security services.
(4) We will examine and review the “Social Security Initiative” based on “RENGO’s
Direction of Thinking on the Nature of a Social Insurance System, etc. that is
Neutral to Work Style.”(5) As well as supporting education for children in the whole society, we will promotea work style reform in schools aimed at improving the quality of education. We will
also make efforts to promote education for nurturing the necessary predisposition
and ability to respond to various issues as a working adult, such as education aboutcitizenship, work and labour, and consumer affairs, while also promoting recurrent
training.
2. Promotion of Efforts toward Integrated Solutions to Economic, Social, andEnvironmental Issues to Realize a Sustainable and Inclusive Society(1) As well as demanding that economic security is pushed forward comprehensively,
as we move toward structural change in the economy and industry, we will promote
efforts to demand responses to the upgrading of and changes to the digital
infrastructure of the economy and society as a whole due to DX. Moreover, we will
also examine responses to issues included in all kinds of support, deliberations,and ethical aspects in the moves toward the utilization of AI.
(2) We will promote efforts for decarbonising activities such as RENGO Eco Life in theworkplaces, communities and at homes toward the resolution of issues in theenvironmental sector, such as responses to climate change and the building of acirculatory society, including carbon neutral. Further, as well as making efforts forthe realization of an embodiment of a Just Transition in the government’s “GX
Promotion Strategy,” in accordance with progress, we will also demand anecessary review of the promotion strategy while cooperating with affiliates andlocal RENGO organizations.
3. Promotion of Employment and Labour Policies toward Realization of Decent
Work for all Working Colleagues(1) Amidst changes in the circumstances surrounding the economy and society, we
will promote the strengthening of employment policies, such as the maintenanceand securing of employment, in cooperation with industrial policy, educational
policy, and children’s and child-rearing policy, that will contribute to theemployment of workers and the stability of daily life. In addition, from the viewpointof the maintenance and amplification of employment safety nets, we will demandsuch matters as the expanded application of employment insurance, fiscal
stabilization of the labour insurance special account, community employment
creation projects, and strengthening of the worker-job matching function.
(2) For improving worker skills and career enhancements, we will demand an
amplification of fiscal support for “investment in people,” such as reskilling andcompetence development in order to secure career formation opportunities foreveryone, including people working in non-regular employment and people withdisabilities, as well as a strengthening of knowhow provision to SMEs, etc. and theconsultation and support function.
(3) Regarding legal amendments, we will respond as follows based on the priority
policies.
 With regard to foreign workers, as well as demanding a “new system” thatdrastically reviews the foreign technical intern training system and strict
operation and strengthening of the management system based on the specified
skill system, we will make efforts for legal amendments from the viewpoint of
human rights protection. Regarding the acceptance of foreign workers, we will

conduct comprehensive discussions with stakeholders, including workers andemployers, in public forums, and while taking necessary steps to from theviewpoint of human rights, will grasp the realities of the acceptance situation,etc., and will not allow an implementation of a facile expansion of visa statuses
under which employment is possible.
 In the review of the collateral legislation, based on the gist of the ILO Convention
No.173, we will create a system that prioritises labour bonds rather than security
interest. Additionally, for all kinds of business restructuring, such as transfersand mergers of businesses, we will implement legislation for the protection ofworkers, such as the mandating of advance information provision to andconsultation with trade unions and others.
(4) Toward firmer adherence to the “work style reform related laws” through Action!36
and others, as well as promoting thoroughgoing optimization of working hour
management and the article 36 agreements and a revision of business practices
that will lead to improvements in work style, we will also promote efforts towardrectification of irrational differences in working conditions between regular
employees and part-time workers, fixed contract workers, and dispatched workers.
Further, based on verification regulations in the supplementary provisions of the“work style reform related laws,” we will make efforts to verify the amended law
and grasp the issues involved.
(5) Toward eradication of work-related injuries and deaths, we will push forward efforts,
for example, to improve the physical environment of workplaces and measures formental health based on the Sixth RENGO Industrial and Safety and Health Action
Guidelines. In addition, with regard to sole proprietors, we will demand theimplementation of necessary measures, etc. to enable them to enjoy the samelevel of safety and health as workers engaged in similar work.
(6) We will make efforts in unison with affiliates and local RENGO organizations toprevent the introduction of the financial settlement system for dismissal, which
could lead to the triggering of unfair dismissals.
4. Improvements in Wages and Working Conditions and Strengthening theBase of SMEs, which Support Local Society(1) Based on the summary of the 2023 Spring Labour Offensive for a Better Life andthe surrounding circumstances, we will make efforts for a comprehensive life
improvement offensive such as sustained improvements in monthly wages. We
will work for the rectification of disparities such as those between companies ofdifferent sizes, different styles of employment, and between men and women, andpromote working conditions that are common all across the whole of society.
(2) To work for a strengthening of the management base of SMEs and a rejuvenationof local society, as well as making efforts for an appropriate price pass-throughtoward the realization of “a fair distribution of value added created along the entire
supply chain,” including work style, and strengthening the expansion andeffectiveness of the “Declaration of Partnership Building,” we will push forward withcooperation with various management organizations and further strengthen efforts

toward the enactment of a public contract basic act, public contract ordinances,and SME promotion basic ordinances through all kinds of forums, etc.
(3) As well as increasing the minimum wage to a level that provides appropriatecompenzation for work, we will work to rectify local differentials and strengthen its
function as a social safety net.
(4) Aiming for a society where all working colleagues can enjoy fulfilling work througha sense of a life worth living and a job worth doing, we will work to “secure abundanttime for life and the realization of the true nature of working hours.”

Priority Area – 3
Realization of Workplaces and a Society where “True Diversity” in which Eachand Every Person is Respected has Taken Root
We will aim for the realization of fair workplaces and society in which everyone
recognizes diversity and mutual support regardless of sex, age, nationality, disabilities,
employment type, etc. To realize this, as well as promoting equal participation by men
and women1, we will also develop actions for legal upgrading aimed at gender equality2and “true diversity3,” and improvements to workplace environments, etc. In addition,
toward the realization of “fair work,” we will create a system that will become a refuge
for all working colleagues as a response to the current situation where the difficulties
inherent in working are becoming more diversified.
1. The Realization of Workplaces and Society in which People can Find a Sense
of Worth in Work Regardless of Sex, Age, Nationality, the Existence ofDisabilities, Employment Type, etc.
(1) While working for further upgrades in domestic law, including the establishment ofprohibitive provisions, we will make efforts toward the ratification of ILO
conventions in moves to eradicate all forms of harassment including customer
harassment and harassment against job-seeking students and others, not simply
those which are the subjects of the obligation to take preventative measures, suchas power harassment, etc.
(2) As well as encouraging the self-awareness of unconscious bias, we will sweep
away gender bias and stereotypical gender role perceptions. From the viewpointof respect for sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), we will also makeefforts to enact laws to prohibit discrimination and to bring about a social climate
in which diversity is respected.
(3) Toward a society where diverse forms of the family and lifestyle are recognized
and the construction of appropriate systems for this, we will promote developments
in civil law, such as the introduction of an optional dual-surname system and areview of the family law system, and the securing of rights for same-sex partners.
(4) We will promote environmental upgrading toward a “coexistence” of mutual
recognition and face up squarely to the various issues, such as human rights, andthe work and life experienced by foreign workers and overseas students working
in Japan.

Equal participation by men and women: Implementing women’s participation in trade unions to rectify
the disparities and irrationality of women in work and to realize equality and fairness in workplaces.
2 Gender equality: Treating everyone equally and fairly, as well as eliminating prejudice anddiscrimination based on socially and culturally created sexual differences, respecting sexual orientationand gender identity (SOGI), and recognizing diversity.
3 True diversity: Respecting the human rights of all people and recognizing diversity with equal footing
for all regardless of gender, age, nationality, the existence of disabilities, employment type, and other
differences (16th term RENGO Policy).
12. Promotion of Equal Participation by Men and Women and Gender Equality,
and Efforts toward Parity of Working Conditions and a Work-Life Balance(1) To raise the percentage of women in leading positions in all fields, such as tradeunions, politics and the economy while being aware of international levels, we will
strengthen positive action, including the introduction of a quota system.
(2) We will encourage women’s participation in decision-making processes andpromote the reflection of “gender mainstreaming4” in policies, etc. while conducting
assessments of its impact.
(3) Not only RENGO Headquarters but also affiliates and local RENGO organizations
will work together in unison toward attainment of the goals (change: goals thatmust absolutely be attained) of the RENGO “Gender Equality Promotion Plan”
phase 1, the term of the plan being up to September 2024. We will also makeefforts toward the next step by verifying the performance and issues remaining
from phase 1.
(4) We will make efforts to realize a Gender Employment Equality Act with the aim ofeffective prohibition of discrimination based on gender in the field of employment.
In addition, we will make efforts to rectify disparities by grasping disparities inwages between men and women; the realities of differences in regular and nonregular employees, including the differences in various types of regular employees
with, for example, limited work locations and disparities in employment
management categories, such as those with conversions to indefinite-term work
contracts; and the realities related to the operation of work-life balance support
systems.
(5) As well as pushing forward steadily with the rectification of long working hours andthe promotion of the gaining of childcare leave for men and workers working in
part-time work, on fixed-term contracts, and as dispatched workers, to enable awork-life balance for both men and women, we will make efforts toward
amendments to the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures
for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members.
(6) To strengthen support for women in difficult circumstances due, for example, to thedestabilization of employment and income, and DV, we will steadily implement the“Act on Support for Women Facing Difficult Problems.”
3. Efforts for the Promotion of “Fair Work”(1) As well as further promoting the “Movement to Start from the Workplaces” toward
the resolution of diverse issues of working colleagues, including the problems of
non-regular workers, we will strive to strengthen our social communication
capabilities as we move toward the realization of “true diversity.”(2) We will push forward with efforts in cooperation with all types of relatedorganizations, such as the administration, NGOs and NPOs, (i) to expand theconnections with diverse working colleagues, such as non-regular workers, those4

Gender mainstreaming: Encouraging participation by women in decision-making processes in allareas and reflecting this in policies while conducting assessments of its impact.

in ambiguous employment, young workers, and foreign workers; (ii) to form tradeunions and improve working conditions; and (iii) toward reflection in policy and thestrengthening of social influence.
4. Efforts toward Strengthening of Responses to RENGO’s Labour
Consultations(1) Toward maintenance and improvement of response capabilities to diversifying
labour consultations, we will work to enhance the provision of workshop
opportunities and various types of equipment and materials.
(2) Toward the strengthening of the formation of trade unions from labour
consultations, we will work to strengthen cooperation among the RENGO Labour
Consultation Center, the center and blocs, and the local RENGO organization
organizers, etc.
(3) We will strengthen efforts for RENGO policy realization through labour
consultations and the use of different types of databases.
(4) To enable stable operation of the “Unibo” chatbot, we will conduct timely
maintenance based on performance.

Areas for Advancement 1:
Efforts in the Areas of Peace, Human Rights and Contribution to Society by
Social Solidarity and Succession to the Next Generation
As we demonstrate the ideas and capabilities of like-minded colleagues inaddressing a wide range issues facing citizens and regions, we will communicate therealities of war, major disasters and so on to keep these experiences from fading away.
Also, through participatory experience in activities that contribute to society we willbring together the thoughts of our colleagues and enhance the power of movements.
1. Promoting Mutual-Support and Mutual-Aid Movements(1) While looking back on and evaluating the Unifan Movement, we will deepen ourties with union members, local residents, CSOs and other organizations for further
penetration and expansion.
(2) Regarding the “RENGO/Love Campaign,” we will work closely with our affiliates
and local RENGO organizations, make efforts to examine the supporting groups
closely, and work on follow-up activities of the supporting groups through efforts
such as collaborating organically with Unifan.
2. Promoting Peace Movements(1) We will press forward with initiatives to communicate the reality of war to future
generations, striving to foster a sense of participation and to increase the numberof people with experience in local participation in 4 Peace Actions.
(2) We will strengthen initiatives in collaboration with related organizations to achieve
steady progress on the policy issues of the 4 Peace Actions: 1) Reorganizing andreducing US military bases in Japan and conducting a fundamental review of the
US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement, 2) Abolishing nuclear weapons and aiding
the atomic bombing survivors, and 3) Concluding a Japan-Russia peace treaty andsecuring the return of Japan’s Northern Territories from Russia.
(3) We will develop the peace movement by collaborating with the International Trade
Union Confederation (ITUC), Mayors for Peace and other organizations seeking
world peace.
(4) We will collaborate with the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
and Japan National Conference on Peacebuilding and Abolition of Nuclear
Weapons in preparation for the next Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review
conference to promote efforts toward abolition of nuclear weapons.
3. Approach to Diversified Human Rights Issues(1) We will work to address the diversifid current human rights issues through efforts
such as raising awareness and developing legislation by developing collaborative
movements with relevant bureaus.
(2) To address ongoing issues such as enacting the Act on Relief from Human Rights
Infringements (tentative name), eliminating discrimination in employment andresolving the issue of North Korea’s abduction of Japanese nationals, we willpromote efforts in collaboration with related organizations.
4. Strengthening Initiatives for Natural Disasters and Formulating a BusinessContinuity Plan (BCP)(1) We will continue initiatives for recovery and reconstruction following natural
disasters.
(2) We will undertake to strengthen and enhance local disaster readiness andmitigation measures, as well as measures to protect vulnerable groups such as
women, children, foreigners and people needing assistance following disasters.
We will also proceed with examining the state of volunteer activities and othermeans of support in response to changes in the environment.
(3) We will formulate and update a BCP for RENGO Headquarters, implement
operation cycles (education, training, etc.), collaborate further with the local
RENGO organizations, and aim to share our knowhow with our affiliates as needed.

Area for Advancement 2:
Promotion of Political Activities towards the Realization of a Sound
Parliamentary Democracy and the Realization of policy
Revisiting one of the “Fundamental Goals” of “RENGO’s Path” again now, which is“We will cooperate in the shaping of new political forces that can assume administrative
power, and realize a sound parliamentary democracy that enables political change,”
we will promote political activities for the benefit of all working people and consumers.
1. Fundamental Principles of Political Activity(1) Based upon the politics RENGO seeks in the RENGO Political Policy, including“seeking to realize politics and policies that prioritise workers and consumers,” and“aiming for a two-party political system that can facilitate transition of power, toestablish a political system in which the ruling and opposition parties engage inpolicy-making under mutually friendly rivalry,” we will unite with our affiliates, local
RENGO organizations and RENGO Headquarters to conduct political activities
toward realization of a “Secure Society Based on Work –Protecting, Connecting
and Creating.”
2. Substantial Promotion of Political Activities(1) We will make efforts in national elections and all manner of local elections, doing
everything we can to help RENGO’s endorsed candidates win.
(2) We will strive for realization of policies by teaming up with RENGO Forum
members, with a focus on collaboration with the Diet Members Council of RENGO.”(3) While seeking collaboration with members of political parties we work with inparticular, but also with a wide range of politicians on the condition that they share
RENGO’s objectives and basic policies, we aim to assemble and expand politicalforces that can see from the standpoint of working people and consumers, whoplay their own role in a two-party system.
(4) We will deepen our research for full-scale development of political activities andelection campaigns making use of SNS and the Internet, and by creating anddeploying educational material that includes these means, we will encourage ourunion members to take an interest in and participate in politics.
(5) We will ensure thorough legal compliance in elections, and in concert with otherorganizations, as a social responsibility of trade unions, we will call widely onsociety to promote voting, including early voting, and prevent abstentions.
(6) In view of low voting turnouts among young people in particular, we will promote
political education under the theme of citizenship education, and in collaboration
with relevant ministries and agencies, we will strive to disseminate this information
as an issue affecting voters overall.
3. Initiatives for Political Reform to Achieve Sound Parliamentary Democracy(1) We will call for reform and operation of an electoral system in a fair and impartial
manner from the standpoint of citizens, including updating the system in line withthe digital age, eliminating combined constituencies in House of Councilors
elections, and improving the voting environment so that it contributes to protectionof citizens’ rights.
(2) We will call for reform of the Diet to make it suitable as the highest authority ofstate power in Japan, such as strengthening its administrative monitoring andlegislative functions while at the same time ensuring transparency of information,enhancing deliberations and improving operational efficiency.
(3) We will call for political reform for appropriately reflecting diverse public opinion,such as gender equality in the field of politics.
4. Revitalization of Local Politics(1) In view of the decreasing numbers of local assembly members backed by tradeunions, we will aim for common knowledge of the “Guidebook for Expanding
Assembly Members in Organizations—Let’s Promote Local Assembly Members!”
and look into more effective measures while striving to foster the awareness that it
is a social responsibility of both labour and management to recruit candidates
within the organization. In addition, to promote gender equality, we will strengthen
initiatives such as reviewing how local assemblies operate and improving work
environments to make it easy for candidates to work while concurrently running for
office.
(2) We will enhance, to begin with, the ability of local areas to realize policies byexchanging views at venues such as round table discussions with assembly
members who belong to our affiliates or local RENGO organizations. We will also
consider policies effective in revitalising local politics, including eliminating
candidate shortages.

Area for Advancement 3:
Advancement of the International Labour Movement towards the Realization of
Decent WorkTo deal resolutely with the erosion of human rights and trade union rights that, alongwith undesirable revisions in labour laws, occur as democracy wanes, we will
collaborate with a variety of organizations on the basis of RENGO’s “International
Labour Strategy” to promote an international labour movement founded in constructive
industrial relations. We will also strive to prevent and promote resolution of labourmanagement disputes, which are occurring frequently around the world, as theinternational situation grows more uncertain due to factors such as Russia’s protracted
military aggression against Ukraine, life and poverty crises brought on by inflation, andthe occurrence of human rights violations.
1. Establishment and Defense of Human Rights, Trade Union Rights and
Democracy(1) We support democratic labour movements in countries where human rights, tradeunion rights and democracy are vulnerable, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
In Myanmar, in particular, by playing a proactive role in concert with theConfederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) and in collaboration withorganizations such as ITUC, ITUC-AP and ILO, we will continue to work toward
restoration of civilian rule and revival and normalization of trade union activities.
(2) We will make efforts toward the ratification of all 10 of ILO’s Fundamental
Conventions. In particular, to have Convention 111 (Discrimination (Employment
and Occupation) Convention, 1958) ratified as quickly as possible, we will continue
and strengthen our initiatives to seize every opportunity, including in theinternational arena. We will also continue initiatives that utilize the system forperiodic reporting to the ILO to have basic labour rights restored to civil servants.
(3) We will strengthen RENGO’s efforts as a whole based on “RENGO’s Views on
Business and Human Rights.” We will also seek effective and steady
implementation and revisions of the “National Action Plans on Business andHuman Rights” and “Guidelines for Respecting Human Rights in Responsible
Supply Chains,” as needed.
2. Strengthening of Collaboration with International Organizations(1) We will cooperate with the Global Unions both in Japan and abroad that comprise
the Global Union Federations (GUFs), including ITUC and the Organization for
Economic Development and Cooperation and the Development Trade Union
Advisory Committee (OECD-TUAC), aiming to overcome common international
issues, including the promotion of gender equality and diversity, and to promulgate
constructive industrial relations.
(2) We will engage in bilateral discussions with ITUC affiliated organizations andnearby major national centers, sharing both countries’ labour movements and thechallenges facing each, and enhancing solidarity.

(3) At intergovernmental conferences such as G7 and G20, we will establish andenhance social dialogues that include trade unions, employers, the ILO, the OECDand other international organizations and strive to reflect workers’ views in policies
towards the realization of Decent Work for all workers.
(4) We will proactively participate in and support the activities of the ITUC Asia andPacific (ITUC-AP) to contribute to the realization of Decent Work through thebuilding of constructive industrial relations in the Asia-Pacific region.
(5) Through the NGOs-Labour Unions International Collaboration Forum and the Child
Labour Network (CL-Net), we will cooperate and collaborate with NGOs to solveinternational issues.
3. Initiatives for the Prevention of Labour Disputes and Promotion of Solutions(1) We will promote better corporate behavior through stronger initiatives to enhanceorganizations’ understanding of international rules for corporate behavior, including
the ILO’s Tripartite Declaration of Principles on Multinational Enterprises, the OECD
Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for
Responsible Business Conduct.”(2) To enhance the effectiveness and operational structure of the OECD Guidelines forMultinational Enterprises, we will seek improvements in the operation of National
Contact Point (NCP) and the prompt resolution of labour disputes by thegovernment, based on the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.
(3) By holding bilateral seminars in collaboration with JILAF, we will strive to build
constructive industrial relations and avoid labour disputes at Japanesemultinational enterprises in Asia.
(4) We will promote problem-solving for the resolution of labour disputes overseas incollaboration with the GUFs and our affiliates.

Area for Advancement 4:
Promoting Workers’ Education and the Securing and Fostering of Human
Resources towards Manifestation of Synergistic Effects between RENGO and
Related Rrganizations
Given our view that securing, developing and educating human resources is apressing issue in supporting the development and future succession of the labour
movement, we will draw together diverse insights and build a system enabling people
to demonstrate synergistic effects between RENGO and related organizations. We will
also enhance opportunities for gaining broad knowledge, including on labour-related
rules and the rights of working colleagues, and an education on labour both inside andoutside organizations.
1. Securing and Development of Human Resources that Support RENGO
Movements(1) In response to the recommendations of the “Comprehensive Human Resources
Strategy Program,” we will collaborate with RENGO Headquarters, affiliates, local
RENGO organizations, related organizations and others and transition to steady
implementation of the five countermeasures that we have discussed, 1)
Establishing and operating “Human Resources Bank (provisional name), 2)
Initiatives toward securing future leaders, 3) Formulation of career models, 4)Enhancement of education and training and promotion of their utilization, and 5)
Promotion of human resource exchanges.
(2) In particular, we will discuss mechanisms for securing human resources to support
RENGO movements at RENGO Headquarters and the local RENGO organizations(including the local councils) in concrete terms from a wide range of perspectives,
based on the recommendations of the “Comprehensive Human Resources
Strategy Program,” considering the current situation and looking ahead to the
future, and proceed with their implementation.
(3) We will enhance the Rengo Youth Star College as a training program for union
leaders who will shoulder the labour movement and, utilizing the Rengo Academy
and RENGO Graduate School, we will promote human resource development for
the next generation of leaders, on the basis of gender balance in central and local
areas.
2. Utilization of Human Resources and Knowledge Associated with in
Collaboration with Organizations Related to RENGO(1) To make better use of human resources turned out by various educational
institutions, we will collaborate with related organizations involved (RENGO-RIALS,
JILAF, ILEC, National Council of Workers’ Welfare, Roi-Rokyo, TaishokushaRENGO, etc.) and , based on the knowledge of these organizations, will strengthen
and enhance RENGO in terms of policies and movements.
3. Promotion of Wide-Ranging Labour Education Inside and Outside

Organizations(1) For the stable operation and further development of “work rule testing,” we will
make proactive efforts for the smooth introduction and expansion of on-line testingand enhancement of the social standing of the testing system.
(2) In collaboration with ILEC and the local RENGO organizations, we will strive forthe enhancement and expansion of labour education for the younger generation,
who will shoulder the future, through means such as RENGO university/graduate
school endowed chairs and guest lectures at universities and high schools.
4. Initiatives for the Development of International Human Resources(1) To develop international human resources, we will continue dispatches of humanresources to overseas diplomatic missions and to ITUC, ITUC-AP and JILAF, andwill perform follow-up while continuing and strengthening our efforts to encourage
active participation and information sharing in each kind of training program.

Strengthening of Foundations that Support Areas of Action Policies:
Towards the promotion of sustainable RENGO movements, we will continue striving
to resolve the issues of developing and strengthening the foundations for movements,
including organizing and financing, and we will enhance communication withinorganizations.
1. Initiatives for Establishing Sustainable Finances(1) Based on the “Central Membership Fee System and Action Plan” (confirmed on 1
June 2022 at the 87th Central Committee Meeting), we will continue to promoteand consider various preparations for the system transition to take place fromJanuary 2026, in collaboration with our affiliates and the local RENGO
organizations. Note that a proposal based on the results of the working group
discussion was drawn up for the Executive Committee regarding specific efforts
such as registering organizations for the central membership fee system andproviding grants to the local RENGO organizations, and the Central Committee will
make organizational decisions in December 2023 based on the organizational
discussions.
(2) We will verify how membership fee prices are to be set under the central
membership fee system at the Financial and Internal Control Verification
Committee meeting (scheduled for April 2024) from the perspective of RENGO
movement sustainability, and then make organizational decisions at organizational
meetings in October 2024.
(3) We will strive, to begin with, for efficient and effective financial management and,to prevent the recurrence of accounting improprieties, will continuously undertake
improvement of transparency (by means such as comprehensive financial
reporting) and strengthening of the accounting management systems (internal
control) of RENGO Headquarters, the local RENGO organizations and the local
councils.
(4) Based on the “Central Membership Fee System and Action Plan,” policy activity
funding efforts will continue until 2025, and how they are to be treated until thenwill be discussed primarily by the Planning Committee. The total amount of funds
to be transferred to the central membership fee system will be considered forfinalization by April 2024.
2. Revitalization of Local and Regional RENGO Movements and Strengtheningof Collaboration with Affiliates(1) In local council activities, we will continue our efforts to make the reorganized “twocore activities to tackle in unison nationwide” (which are 1) activities to strengthen
collaboration within RENGO organizations and 2) activities to support allcolleagues working in the local community) and “activities leveraging regional
characteristics” into initiatives coordinated at the national level, and will aim toshare examples.
(2) Based on the “Management Guidelines for Local Block Liaison Committees,” wewill encourage proactive participation in local and regional RENGO movements,
while engaging in collaboration on organizational expansion, promotion of genderequality, exchanges among young leaders and other efforts, with an aim torevitalize all activities.
(3) We will continue collaboration through four related organizations (Labour Banks,
Kokumin Kyosai Co-op, the National Council of Workers’ Welfare and RENGO). To
promote “community-based face-to-face movements,” we will discuss concretemeasures regarding the functions borne by the Live Support Center based on the
direction it is to take in the future.
3. Strengthening the Organizational Capabilities of RENGO as a Whole andEnhancing its Communication(1) RENGO Headquarters will enhance its everyday communications with affiliates
and local RENGO organizations via the contact desks, aiming to revitalizeorganizational communicative activities with the affiliates and local RENGO
organizations.
(2) Issues facing corporate activities, such as the SDGs, which need to be addressedbeyond the industrial framework, are becoming more advanced and complex. In
addition, to respond to the increasing numbers of cross-industry policy issues, wewill consider ways of collaboration between RENGO and its affiliates that are
involved in policy and institutional initiatives.
(3) Regarding “industry-specific and departmental liaison meetings,” we will use themas a venue for enhancing and deepening initiatives related to industries andindustry categories by sharing good examples and reports on the status of events,
while aiming for further revitalization.
(4) Primarily through the Planning Committee, we will examine matters such as theeffective use of movement resources and effective execution of activities.
(5) RENGO Headquarters will devise means for strengthening and centrally managing
matters such as the coordination functions of bureaus and means for holding
meetings in light of the current situation, connecting these efforts to a reduction in
the workload of affiliates and local RENGO organizations.
(6) Regarding matters such as ways of encouraging participation in movements, stylesof activities and roles of trade unions in the future, we will continue our joint
research initiative on “the future of trade unions in promoting understanding,empathy and participation” with RENGO-RIALS, communicating the results asappropriate.