The Japan Postal Workers' Union (JPU, ja, 日本郵政公社労働組合, Zentei) was a

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representing workers at

Japan Post was a Japanese statutory corporation that existed from 2003 to 2007, offering postal and package delivery services, Retail banking, banking services, and life insurance. It's the nation's largest employer, with over 400,000 employees, and run ...

. The union was founded in 1946 and soon became affiliated with the

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(Sōhyō). One of the first major unions founded in the country after

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, it was also considered one of the most influential unions in the post-war period. By 1967, it had 245,302 members. In 1990, Sōhyō merged into the

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, with which the JPU then became affiliated. On 1 October 2007, inspired by the planned privatization of

, it merged with the All Japan Postal Labor Union, to form the

Japan Postal Group Union The Japan Postal Group Union (JPGU, ja, 日本郵政グループ労働組合) is a trade union representing employees of Japan Post Holdings. The union was founded on 1 October 2007, with the merger of the Japan Postal Workers' Union and the A ...

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Postal trade unions Trade unions established in 1946 Trade unions disestablished in 2007 Trade unions in Japan