The All Japan Chemistry Workers' Union (JCWU, , Zenkoku Kagaku) was a

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representing workers in the chemical industry in Japan. The union was founded on 20 October 1987, by 30 local unions which were expelled from the Japanese Federation of Synthetic Chemistry Workers' Unions (Goka Roren), due to an internal dispute. The union affiliated to the

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, initially with 25,000 members, although by 1996, this had declined to only 10,540. In October 1998, the union merged with Goka Roren, to form the Japanese Federation of Chemistry Workers' Unions.{{cite web , title=化学一般の沿革・運動の基調 , url=http://kagakukansai.com/jiko.html , website=Kagaku Kansai , access-date=27 December 2021

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Chemical industry trade unions Trade unions established in 1987 Trade unions disestablished in 1998 Trade unions in Japan 1987 establishments in Japan 1998 disestablishments in Japan