The National Council of Government and Public Workers' Unions (, Zenkankō) was a national trade union federation representing public sector workers in Japan.
The federation was founded on 26 November 1946, and in its early years frequently organised strikes in order to improve public sector wages. While many of its affiliates were also members of Sanbetsu, others were independent.
By 1958, the federation claimed 2,404,179 members. The federation aligned itself with the Democratic Socialist Party and the right wing of the labour movement. On 13 November 1964, it merged with the All-Japan Trade Union Congress and the Japanese Federation of Labour, to form the Japanese Confederation of Labour (Domei).
The federation remained in existence, and many of its affiliates chose to affiliate with Sohyo rather than with Domei. In 2003, it merged with the Council of Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Workers' Unions, the Congress for Joint Struggles of Public Workers' Unions of Japan, to form the Alliance of Public Services Workers' Unions.
Affiliates The following unions were affiliated in 1958:
Abbreviation Union Agricultural and Forestry Ministry Workers' Unions Zennorin Alcohol Monopoly Workers' Union Arukoru Senbai All Garrison Forces Workers' Union Zenchuro All Japan Local and Municipal Government Workers' Union Jichiro All Japan National Hospital Workers' Union Zeniro All Labour Ministry Employees' Union Federation Zenrodo All Minting Bureau Workers' Union Zenzohei All Monopoly Corporation Workers' Union Zensenbai All National Tax Collectors' Union Zenkokuzei All Postal Workers' Union Zentei All Radio Wave Control Agency Workers' Union Zendempa All Transportation Ministry Workers' Union Zenunyu Construction Ministry Workers' Union Zenkenro Customs Houses Workers' National Union Zenkanzei Education Ministry Employees' Union Monbushokuso Federation of All Japan Water Works Employees' Unions Zensuiren Federation of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Workers' Unions Tororen Finance Ministry Employees' Union Okurashokuso Government Printing Bureau Workers' Union Zeninsatsu International Trade and Industry Ministry Workers' Union Zenshoko Japan Federation of Municipal Transport Workers' Unions Toshikotsu Japan High School Teachers' Union Nikkokyo Japan National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union Kiro Japan Teachers' Union Nikkyoso National Judicial Department Employees' Union Federation Zenshiho National Procurement Agency Workers' Union Zenchotatsu National Railway Workers' Union Kokuro National Telecommunication Workers' Union Zendentsu Union of Employees of the Diet Library Kokkaitoshokan Union of Employees of the Employment Planning Board Keizaikikakucho Union of Employees of the Hokkaido Development Board Hokkaido Union of Employees of the Inspection Department of the Administrative Management Agency Gyokankansatsu Union of Employees of the Ministry of Justice Zenhome Union of Employees of the National Personnel Authority Jinjiin Union of Employees of the Pension Bureau of the Prime Minister's Office Onkyukyoku Union of Employees of the Secretariat of the Japan Service Council Gakujitsukaigi Union of Employees of the Statistical Bureau of the Prime Minister's Office Soritokei Union of Employees of the Statistics Standard Department of the Administrative Management Agency Kaikenro Welfare Ministry Employees' Union Koseishokuso
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