The Japan Railway Trade Unions Confederation (JRTU; ja, 日本鉄道労働組合連合会, JR Rengo) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing workers at the

Japan Railways Group The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, consists of seven for-profit stock companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Mo ...

. The union was founded on 18 May 1992 by former members of the

Japan Railway Workers' Union The Japan Railway Workers' Union ( ja, 鉄道労働組合, Tetsuro) was a trade union representing workers on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The union was founded on 20 October 1968, with the merger of the various affiliates of the Japane ...

who left the recently founded

Japan Confederation of Railway Workers' Unions The is a Japanese trade union, which is usually referred to as in Japanese. History The union was founded on 2 February 1987, with the merger of the National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union (Doro) and the Japan Railway Workers' Union (Tets ...

, on the grounds that they were opposed to it considering the possibility of strike action. It was promoted by the Japan Railways Group, and by September it had 74,900 members. It became affiliated with 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 ...

. As of 2020, the union had 74,602 members.

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*{{official website, http://www.jr-rengo.jp/ Railway unions in Japan 1992 establishments in Japan Trade unions established in 1992