The General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan (PRU, ja, 日本私鉄労働組合総連合会, Shitetsu Soren) is a

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representing transport workers in Japan. The union was founded on 10 January 1947 as a split from the Japan Transportation Labor Union Alliance. It was a founding affiliate of the original Japanese Trade Union Confederation. In 1949, it affiliated to the National Confederation of Trade Unions, but the following year, it left to become a founding affiliate of the

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. It led a strike in 1952, and participated in the general transport strike of 1967, but generally focused on negotiation. By 1967, it had 255,882 members. In 1989, the union was a founding affiliate of the

Japanese Trade Union Confederation The , commonly known as , is the largest national trade union center in Japan, with over six million members as of 2011.Rengo websitRengo brochure 2010-2011 Retrieved on July 6, 2012 It was founded in 1989 as a result of the merger of the Japan ...

. By 2020, it had 113,253 members.

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*{{official website, https://www.pru.or.jp/ Railway labor unions Trade unions established in 1947 Trade unions in Japan