National Metal and Machinery Workers' Union explained

The National Metal and Machinery Workers' Union (MMU, Japanese: 全国金属機械労働組合, Kinzokukikai) was a trade union representing workers in small and medium-sized engineering works in Japan.

The union was founded in 1989, when the National Trade Union of Metal and Engineering Workers merged with the National Machinery and Metal Workers' Union.^{[1] [2]} It affiliated to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation. On 9 September 1999, it merged with the Japanese Metal Industrial Workers' Union to form JAM.^[3]

References

1. Japan Labour Bulletin . 1999 . 38 . 5.
2. Japan . Report of the Secretariat to the IMF Central Committee . 1990.
3. Web site: Half-million-strong union inaugurated . IndustriALL . 15 September 1999 . 11 November 2021.