All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union

The All Japan Garrison Forces Labour Union (GFLU; Japanese: 全駐留軍労働組合, Zenchuro) is a trade union representing civilian workers for the United States Armed Forces in Okinawa.

The union was founded on 1 September 1946, and in 1950 it was a founding affiliate of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan.

[2] It undertook industrial action for pensions in 1954, a fairer wage system in 1963, against redundancies in 1964, and for higher pensions in 1968.

[1] With declining employment in the area, by 1970 the union had only 25,320 members.

[4] In 2001, it joined the new Japan Public Sector Union, while maintaining its organisation.