The National Union of General Workers ( ja, 全国一般労働組合, Zenkoku Ippan) was a

general union A general union is a trade union (called ''labor union'' in American English) which represents workers from all industries and companies, rather than just one organisation or a particular sector, as in a craft union or industrial union. A gene ...

in Japan. The union was established in 1955 and affiliated to 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 ...

(Sohyo). By 1967, it had 101,200 members. In 1983, its membership was described as "taxi drivers, salesmen, clerks in small bookstores and supermarkets, and the like". In 1989, the union affiliated to 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 ...

, but a substantial minority of members disagreed with this, and split away to form the

Zenroren National Union of General Workers The Zenroren National Union of General Workers ( ja, 全労連・全国一般労働組合, Zenroren Zenkokuippan) is a general union in Japan. The union's origins lie in the National Union of General Workers (Zenkokuippan), an affiliate of the Ge ...

. By 1996, the union was down to 60,096 members. In 2006, it merged into the

All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union The All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union ( ja, 全日本自治団体労働組合, Jichiro) is a trade union representing local government workers in Japan. The union was established in January 1954, with the merger of two smaller un ...

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