The Japanese Metal Mine Workers' Union (, Hitetsu Rengo) 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 ore mining industry in Japan. The union was founded in 1964 as the Federation of Japanese Metal Resource Workers' Unions (Shigenroren), and affiliated to

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 ...

the following year. By 1967, it had 13,411 members. It was affiliated to the

Japanese Trade Union Confederation Rengo is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune located in the Zona Central, Chile, Zona Central of Chile, situated in the Cachapoal Province of the O'Higgins Region at a distance of south of the city of Rancagua and sout ...

from the late 1980s, and by 1996 had 23,500 members. On 9 September 2003, the union merged with 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 ...

and 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 ...

, to form the

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

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Mining trade unions Trade unions established in 1964 Trade unions disestablished in 2003 Trade unions in Japan