The National Trade Union of Metal and Engineering Workers (Zenkokukinzoku) was 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 machining workers in Japan. The union was founded in 1947 and was initially chaired by Kanson Arahata. It was a founding affiliate of the

General Council of Trade Unions of Japan A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED On ...

. By 1967, it had 208,831 members, which had declined to 145,000 by 1988. In 1989, it merged with the National Machinery and Metal Workers' Union to form the

National Metal and Machinery Workers' Union The National Metal and Machinery Workers' Union (MMU, ja, 全国金属機械労働組合, Kinzokukikai) was a trade union representing workers in small and medium-sized engineering works in Japan. The union was founded in 1989, when the Nationa ...

. A minority of members instead split away to form the All Japan Metal and Machinery Information Workers' Union.{{cite book , last1=Seifert , first1=Wolfgang , title=Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990 , date=13 March 2013 , publisher=VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , isbn=9783322899309

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