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企業内組合 (きぎょうないくみあい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

企き業ぎょう内ない組くみ合あい

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Meanings

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noun

enterprise union; company union; in-house union

A labor union organized within a single company, typical of Japanese enterprise-based unionism. Contrasts with 企業別組合 (company-based union) and 産業別組合 (industrial union).

See also: 企業別組合

日本にほんの労ろう働どう組くみ合あいの多おおくは企き業ぎょう内ない組くみ合あいの形けい態たいをとっている。
Many labor unions in Japan take the form of enterprise unions.

企き業ぎょう内ない組くみ合あいは、同おなじ会かい社しゃの従じゅう業ぎょう員いんだけで組そ織しきされる。

An enterprise union is organized solely by employees of the same company.

Kanji

企undertake, scheme, design
業business, vocation, arts
内inside, within, between
組association, braid, plait
合fit, suit, join

Similar words

企き業ぎょう別べつ組くみ合あい
企業別組合 is a broader term for a union organized on a company-by-company basis, while 企業内組合 specifically emphasizes that the union exists within a single enterprise and often includes only its regular employees.
産さん業ぎょう別べつ組くみ合あい
産業別組合 is an industrial union that organizes workers across an entire industry, regardless of their employer, unlike the single-company focus of 企業内組合.

Etymology

Compound of 企業 (enterprise) + 内 (within) + 組合 (union). The term reflects the Japanese labor practice of organizing unions within individual companies rather than across industries.