Zenroren

The National Confederation of Trade Unions (全国労働組合総連合), commonly known in Japanese as Zenroren (全労連), is a national trade union center.

Founding and history
Zenroren was founded on November 21, 1989.

Party affiliation
Zenroren is not affiliated to any political party, but is generally aligned with the Japan Communist Party.

Current affiliates
The following unions are affiliated:

There are also prefectural Federations in all 47 prefectures of Japan.

General Secretaries

 * 1989: Kanemichi Kumagai
 * 1998: Mitsuo Bannai
 * 2006: Sakuji Daikoku
 * Hisashi Inoue
 * 2017: Yukihiro Nomura
 * 2020: Kurosawa Koichi

Presidents

 * 1989: Matsumoto Michihiro
 * Takeshi Ooe
 * Mitsuru Mikami
 * Kanemichi Kumagai
 * Kobayashi Yoji
 * 2006: Mitsuo Bannai
 * 2008: Yoshikazu Odagawa
 * 2020: Obata Masako