The General Federation of Ship Building Workers' Unions (Zosensoren) was 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 the shipbuilding industry in Japan. The union was established in 1951. It was affiliated with the Japanese Federation of Labour, and by 1958 had 28,462 members. Next, it became affiliated with the

Japanese Confederation of Labour The Japanese Confederation of Labour (Dōmei; ) was a national trade union federation in Japan. The federation was founded in 1964, with the merger of the All-Japan Trade Union Congress, the National Council of Government and Public Workers' Uni ...

, and by 1967 had grown to 58,344 members. The union was keen on merging with smaller competitors. In 1972, it achieved this, when it joined the new Japan Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Workers' Unions.{{cite book , last1=Takanashi , first1=Akira , title=Shunto Wage Offensive , date=2002 , publisher=Japan Institute of Labour , isbn=9784538760070

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