The All Japan Postal Labour Union (JPLU, , Zenyusei) was a

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representing employees at

Japan Post was a Japanese statutory corporation that existed from 2003 to 2007, offering postal and package delivery services, Retail banking, banking services, and life insurance. It is the nation's largest employer, with over 400,000 employees, and ru ...

. The union was established in 1965, as a more right-wing alternative to the Japan Postal Workers' Union (JPU). It was 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 29,426 members. In 1989, it became affiliated with the

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, and also to the

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. By 2007, the union had 84,000 members. Inspired by the impending privatisation of Japan Post, it merged with the JPU on 1 October, to form the Japan Postal Group Union.{{cite news , title=Postal workers plan largest union , url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/06/22/business/postal-workers-plan-largest-union/ , access-date=23 November 2021 , work=Japan Times , date=22 June 2007

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Postal trade unions Trade unions established in 1965 Trade unions disestablished in 2007 Public sector trade unions in Japan 1965 establishments in Japan 2007 disestablishments in Japan