1. Toward realizing “work with dignity” and establishing work rules, RENGO will address as the top priority issue the establishment of collective industrial relations through organizational expansion. To this end, RENGO, together with its affiliates and RENGO locals, will campaign for unionization at workplaces in solidarity with part-timers, temporary workers, contract workers, dispatched workers, workers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and employees in local enterprises.

2. The affiliates will proactively campaign for unionization at subsidiaries and affiliated companies, as well as strengthening the systems for expansion of their organizations and organization of nonunionized corporations in the same industry and unaffiliated unions. Further, the affiliates will assist enterprise-based unions organize directly-employed non-regular workers and expand their organizations through the revision of labor contracts setting the scope of union members.

3. RENGO locals will campaign to organize workers of SMEs and employees in local enterprises in cooperation with the affiliates. In particular, in view of the increase in work dispute consultations, RENGO locals will provide consulting services to such workers to organize them through the enhancement of consulting functions and systems of community and community council unions belonging to each RENGO locals.

4. RENGO will draw up an “Organizing Unions: Action Plan 21 (2010 – 2011)” for carrying out its all-out campaign to achieve organizational expansion and unionization based on targets for the expansion of affiliates and RENGO locals, and will confirm the plan at the 56th Central Committee Meeting. The targets are set to aim at a net increase in the number of current union members with concrete targets of organizing (potential new members) being clarified for each affiliate and RENGO locals.
5. RENGO will carry out an integral campaign for expanding affiliates and RENGO locals as well as proclaiming a nationwide intensive month for organizational expansion and the shaping of public opinion, and for developing a nationwide campaign for union organizing.

6.In order to promote a community-based face-to-face labor movement, RENGO will further strengthen the systems of RENGO locals and community council unions based on the confirmation of the 9th Regular Convention (2005) and the “Final Report of the Special Committee on the Follow-up of Local Activities” (2008). In particular, based on the reorganization and integration plans, the RENGO locals will reorganize and integrate into new local councils while selecting their full-time staff members and office locations.

7. New local councils that have been already formed will cooperate with labor welfare groups to enhance consulting functions on labor and livelihood issues, support unionization and improve their capabilities as places of solidarity for employees in local enterprises and SMEs. In addition, the councils will provide one-stop services by collaborating with local non-profit organizations. Thus, the councils will create opportunities for information exchange and interactions with various activities in the communities.

8. Regarding the Lifelong Union Membership initiative, RENGO locals and councils will provide various opportunities for activities, cooperate with voluntary welfare projects and work towards the networking of social contribution activities for “lifelong assistance,” targeting citizens and workers (including pensioners) who have lived and worked in their communities all their lives.

9. Affiliates will strive to enhance industrial unions by establishing and achieving industrial policies and solidifying local organizations. RENGO will work to improve the environment for the restructuring and integration of industrial unions in order to strengthen the labor movement and systems for organizational expansion.

10. Affiliates will lead the enhancement of functions of the Industrial Liaison Council to (1) establish and achieve industrial policies and (2) encourage unaffiliated unions to join RENGO and nonunionized workers to join its affiliated unions.

11. RENGO will proactively carry out labor education through all available educational channels as well as continuously cooperating with universities through donated courses with a view to spreading the value of work and workers' rights to school education.

12. RENGO will continue to nurture organizers, essential to expanding organizations, by holding (basic and intermediate) training sessions. In particular, RENGO will increase the number of especially needed young and female participants in the sessions.

13. RENGO will cultivate labor consultants in RENGO locals and councils to respond to the increase in trade union formations deriving from labor consultations. To this end, RENGO will hold training sessions for beginners to assist them in carrying out initial measures at the time of a labor consultation, as well as preparing opportunities for them to network and exchange experiences as labor consultants.

14. RENGO will hold a “RENGO Youth Rally” in the fall of 2010 on the occasion of RENGO's 20th anniversary in order to raise the awareness of young members (both female and male) concerning the RENGO movement for organizational enhancement. At the same time, RENGO will request affiliates and RENGO locals to build up exchange activities on the theme of encouraging participation in trade unions.

15. With regard to issues having a deep connection with the youth, RENGO will reflect their opinions in its movement using every opportunity, mainly through the “Youth Activity Committee” established in the RENGO Headquarters. RENGO will also attempt to enhance the youth committees of RENGO locals and the youth groups of affiliates as opportunities to recruit and nurture human resources. Further, RENGO will promote women's participation in youth activities, which are to be managed by young women and men.

16. RENGO is committed to peace action with foci on (1) the consolidation and reduction of US military bases in Japan and a fundamental review of the Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement, (2) support measures for Hibakushas, A-bomb survivors, such as the abolition of nuclear weapons and the drastic review of the system to recognize Hibakushas, and (3) the movement to demand the return of the Northern Territories, and aims at the achievement of relevant demands in terms of policies and institutions. To this end, RENGO has designated the period between June and September as the peace action months to work on “Peace Action in Okinawa” (June), “Peace Actions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki” (August) and “Peace Action in Nemuro” (September).

17. In addition, RENGO will cooperate with Japanese and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and arouse public opinion for such activities as the ten million signatures campaign to demand the abolition of nuclear weapons, support for relevant resolutions at local assemblies and the international signature campaign by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) for realizing the “2020 Vision” to eliminate all nuclear weapons by 2020 as advocated by the Mayors for Peace, as well as building a consensus for a viable agreement to be reached at the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference to be held in 2010. Further, RENGO is committed to “Nuclear Abolition 2010: Peace Action in New York” (May 2010) as an NGO activity, which includes the presentation of signatures to the United Nations and the holding of an international peace conference.

18. Seven years have passed since publication of Japan's Human Rights Council report, which demanded the establishment of an organization to monitor human rights, and the UN has also issued a similar recommendation. RENGO cannot accept the failure to pass legislation, and will work for the enactment of a Human Rights Abuse Remedies Act (provisional title). RENGO will strengthen its efforts for the elimination of employment discrimination. Further, as the abductions by North Korea are a human rights issue, RENGO will strive for a complete settlement of the issue as well as the problems of North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles.

19. RENGO will carry out the “RENGO Fund-raising Campaign with Love”, and conduct follow-up field surveys on activities held by volunteers and NPOs, together with donation coordinators in affiliates and RENGO locals, feeding results back to union members. RENGO will also support disaster countermeasures, such as disaster emergency response and rescue efforts for victims.