Senior officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on Sept. 11 unofficially selected Etsuya Washio, currently general secretary of the nation’s largest umbrella labor organization, to be its new chairman.
The decision was reached during a meeting at Rengo’s headquarters to find a candidate to replace the outgoing Jinnosuke Ashida as leader of the body that represents 8 million workers.
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