The Japanese Federation of National Railway Workers' Unions (, Shinkokuro) 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 on the

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

. The union was founded in 1962, with the merger of the Federation of National Railway Workers' Unions by Crafts and the General Federation of National Railway Workers' Unions, both of which originated from the dissolution of the

National Railway Workers' Union The is a Japanese trade union, which is usually referred to as in Japanese. Historically, Kokurō represented many of the workers who worked for Japanese National Railways (JNR), from which the union derived its name. For several decades in the ...

.''The Asian Trade Unionist'' (1963), vol.2 It became affiliated with the All-Japan Trade Union Congress, and then with its successor, the Japanese Confederation of Labour. By 1967, it had 74,755 members. On 20 October 1968, the federation's various affiliates unified, to form the

Japan Railway Workers' Union The Japan Railway Workers' Union (, Tetsuro) was a trade union representing workers on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The union was founded on 20 October 1968, with the merger of the various affiliates of the Japanese Federation of Nation ...

.{{cite book , last1=Aspinall , first1=Robert W. , title=Teachers' Unions and the Politics of Education in Japan , date=2001 , publisher=State University of New York Press , isbn=9780791450499

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