連合、初の女性会長誕生へ　芳野副会長を推薦

　連合は２８日、傘下の産業別労働組合の代表で構成する役員推薦委員会を開き、神津里季生会長（６５）の後任に「ものづくり産業労働組合（ＪＡＭ）」副会長で連合副会長を務める芳野友子氏（５５）を推すことを決めた。１０月６日の定期大会で正式に選出されると、１９８９年の連合発足以来、初の女性会長となる。（2021/09/28-13:00）

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, on Tuesday decided to nominate Vice President Tomoko Yoshino, 55, as its new president.
   The decision was made at a meeting of Rengo's executive nomination committee, composed of representatives from labor union industrial federations that are members of the largest labor group in Japan.
   If elected at a regular convention Oct. 6, Yoshino will become Rengo's first female president since it was launched in 1989.
   Incumbent President Rikio Kozu, 65, has expressed his intention to leave office when his current term expires in October this year after serving three successive two-year terms.
   Yoshino, currently vice president of the Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery and Manufacturing Workers, or JAM, will also be Rengo's first president from the association.