also: そうひょう
noun
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan; Sōhyō
Historical Japanese labor federation active from 1950 to 1989. Often referred to by its abbreviation 総評.
日本労働組合総評議会は、戦後日本の労働運動を主導した。
The General Council of Trade Unions of Japan led the postwar Japanese labor movement.
Sōhyō dissolved in 1989 and merged into Rengō.