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The '''All Japan Transport and General Workers' Union''' ({{lang-ja|全日本運輸一般労働組合}}, Unyuippan) was a [[trade union]] representing workers in the transport sector in Japan.

The '''All Japan Transport and General Workers' Union''' ({{lang-langx|ja|全日本運輸一般労働組合}}, Unyuippan) was a [[trade union]] representing workers in the transport sector in Japan.

The union was established in 1946 as the '''National Trade Union of Automobile Transport Workers''' (Zenjiun), with a focus on truck drivers, and affiliated to the [[General Council of Trade Unions of Japan]] (Sohyo).<ref name="seifert">{{cite book |last1=Seifert |first1=Wolfgang |title=Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990 |publisher=VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften |isbn=9783322899309}}</ref> By 1958, it had 12,655 members.<ref>{{cite book |title=Directory of Labor Organizations, Asia and Australasia |date=1958 |publisher=United States Department of Labor |___location=Washington DC}}</ref> It became Unyuippan in 1977, and by 1985 its membership had grown to 16,267.<ref name="seifert" />

The union was established in 1946 as the '''National Trade Union of Automobile Transport Workers''' (Zenjiun), with a focus on truck drivers, and was affiliated towith the [[General Council of Trade Unions of Japan]] (Sohyo).<ref name="seifert">{{cite book |last1=Seifert |first1=Wolfgang |title=Gewerkschaften in der japanischen Politik von 1970 bis 1990 |publisher=VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften |isbn=9783322899309}}</ref> By 1958, it had 12,655 members.<ref>{{cite book |title=Directory of Labor Organizations, Asia and Australasia |date=1958 |publisher=United States Department of Labor |___location=Washington DC}}</ref> It became Unyuippan in 1977, and by 1985 its membership had grown to 16,267.<ref name="seifert" />

In 1989, Sohyo merged into the new [[Japanese Trade Union Confederation]], but Unyuippan instead opted to join the new [[National Confederation of Trade Unions]].<ref name="seifert" /> In 1999, it merged with the [[Construction and Rural and General Workers' Union]] and the [[All Japan National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union]], to form the [[All Japan Construction, Transport and General Workers' Union]].<ref>{{cite web |title=建交労とは |url=http://www.kenkourou.or.jp/about |website=Kenkourou |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

In 1989, Sohyo merged intowith the new [[Japanese Trade Union Confederation]], but Unyuippan instead opted to join the new [[National Confederation of Trade Unions]].<ref name="seifert" /> In 1999, it merged with the [[Construction and Rural and General Workers' Union]] and the [[All Japan National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union]], to form the [[All Japan Construction, Transport and General Workers' Union]].<ref>{{cite web |title=建交労とは |url=http://www.kenkourou.or.jp/about |website=Kenkourou |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Trade unions established in 1946]]

[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 1999]]

[[Category:TradeTransport trade unions in Japan]]

[[Category:Transportation1946 tradeestablishments unionsin Japan]]

[[Category:1999 disestablishments in Japan]]