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representing vehicle workers in Japan. The All Japan Auto Workers' Union was founded in 1948 and engaged heavily in industrial action, but it dissolved in 1954. The following year, 29 surviving local unions formed Jidosharoren, a more conservative federation which focused on working in partnership with management. The new union was centered on workers at

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. It was affiliated with the

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, and although it initially had only 9,000 members, it grew steadily and by 1967, it had 118,174 members.{{cite book , last1=Chaffee , first1=Frederick H. , title=Area Handbook for Japan , date=1969 , publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office , location=Washington DC In 1964, the union was affiliated with the new

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. The following year, encouraged by the

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, it formed the Council of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, a forum to discuss matters of mutual interest with the rival Zenkoku Jidosha. In 1972, the council was succeeded by the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, into which Jidosharoren merged.

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