Railway Workers' Union (Austria)

The Union of Railway Employees ({{langx|de|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.{{cite book |last1=Ebbinghaus |first1=Bernhard |last2=Visser |first2=Jelle |title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=0333771125 |page=96}} In 2006, it merged with the Hotel, Catering and Personal Services Union and the Commerce and Transport Union, to form Vida.{{cite web |title=Eine Bewegung in Bewegung |url=https://www.oegb.at/cms/S06/S06_999_Suche.a/1342537066882/suche/eine-bewegung-in-bewegung |website=Austrian Trade Union Federation |accessdate=16 January 2020}}

Presidents

:1945: Richard Freund

:1962: Josef Matecjek

:1965: Fritz Prechtl

:1987: Johann Schmölz

:1989: Franz Hums

:1995: Gerhard Nowak

:1999: Wilhelm Haberzettl

References