The Japan Federation of Basic Industry Workers' Unions (JBU, , Kikanroren) 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 metalworkers and shipbuilders in Japan. The union was established on 9 September 2003, with the merger of the

Japanese Federation of Iron and Steel Workers' Unions The Japanese Federation of Iron and Steel Workers' Unions (, Tekkororen) was a trade union representing workers in the iron and steel industries in Japan. The union was established in 1951, with the merger of unions representing workers at Yahata ...

, the

Japan Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Workers' Unions The Japan Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Workers' Unions (, Zosenjukiroren) was a trade union representing workers in manufacturing industries in Japan. The union was founded in 1972 on the initiative of the General Federation of S ...

, and the Japanese Metal Mine Workers' Union. Like all of its predecessors, it became affiliated with the

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. As of 2009, the union had 248,781 members. In 2014, the Japan Construction Trade Union Confederation merged into the JBU, by which time the union had grown to around 275,000 members.

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