Railway Workers' Union (Austria) Explained

The Union of Railway Employees (German: Gewerkschaft der Eisenbahner, GdE) was a trade union representing railway workers in Austria.

The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation. By 1998, it had 103,432 members.^[1] In 2006, it merged with the Hotel, Catering and Personal Services Union and the Commerce and Transport Union, to form Vida.^[2]

Presidents

1945: Richard Freund

1962: Josef Matecjek

1965: Fritz Prechtl

1987: Johann Schmölz

1989: Franz Hums

1995: Gerhard Nowak

1999: Wilhelm Haberzettl

References

1. Book: Ebbinghaus . Bernhard . Visser . Jelle . Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 . 2000 . Palgrave Macmillan . Basingstoke . 0333771125 . 96.
2. Web site: Eine Bewegung in Bewegung . Austrian Trade Union Federation . 16 January 2020.