Mourning over Mr. Matsuzaki’s death

Praising his life in a spirit of resistance and humanism

　

Mr. Akira Matsuzaki, the former special advisor of the Japan Confederation of Railway Workers’ Unions and the founding president of the East Japan Railway Workers’ Union, passed away at 23:12 on 9 December, 2010. He was 74 years old.

Mr. Matsuzaki truly loved peace, nature and people, and kept on fighting with a spirit of resistance and humanism in the great arena of international labor movement. During his whole life he was a union through and through.

We offer our sincerest prayer for the repose of Mr. Matsuzaki’s soul.

　

History of Mr. Matsazaki

1936 Born in Higashi-matusyama City, Saitama
1955 Employed by JNR
1961 First President of the Youth Organization, the National Railway Motive Power Union (NRMU）
1969 General Secretary of the NRMU Tokyo Region Office
1973 President of the NRMU Tokyo Region Office
1985 President of the NRMU
1987 Vice President of the Japan Confederation of Railway Workers’ Unions (JRU)
President of the East Japan Railway Workers’ Union (JREU)
1995 Chairman of the JREU
2001 Special Advisor of the JRU, Advisor of the JREU
2002 Step down from his positions

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