The All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Union (, Jichiro) is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing local government workers in Japan. The union was established in January 1954, with the merger of two smaller unions of local government workers. It was affiliated with the

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and grew rapidly, attaining 559,397 members by 1967. By 1987, it was the largest union in the country, with 1,257,000 members. In 1989, it became affiliated with the

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. Members who objected to this affiliation left and formed the rival Japan Federation of Prefectural and Municipal Workers' Unions. The union absorbed the National Union of General Workers in 2006 and the All Japan Municipal Transport Workers' Union in 2013. Despite this, by 2020, its membership had declined to 785,445, though it was still Japan's second-largest union.

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*{{official website, https://www.jichiro.gr.jp/ Municipal workers' trade unions Trade unions established in 1954 Public sector trade unions in Japan 1954 establishments in Japan Local government in Japan