The Japan National Hospital Workers' Union (JNHWU; , Zeniro) 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 workers in hospitals, sanatoria, and medical research, in Japan. The union was founded on 28 October 1948. It became affiliated with the National Council of Government and Public Workers' Unions, and later with 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 and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. Ma ...

. From 1957, it was part of the Japan Council of Medical Workers' Unions (Irokyo), although it maintained its separate identity, and by 1958, it had 24,159 members. Through Irokyo, it became aligned with the National Confederation of Trade Unions (Zenroren) in 1989, and it later joined the Japan Federation of National Public Service Employees' Unions, another Zenroren affiliate. As of May 2021, the union had 19,451 members.

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*{{official website, http://zen-iro.or.jp/ Healthcare trade unions Trade unions established in 1948 Trade unions in Japan