The German Railway Union (german: Deutsche Eisenbahner-Verband, DEV) was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing railway workers in Germany. The union was established in 1916, when the railway section of the

German Transport Workers' Union The German Transport Workers' Union (german: Deutsche Transportarbeiter-Verband, DTV) was a trade union representing transport workers in Germany. The union was founded in 1897 as the Association of Commercial, Transport and Communication Workers ...

merged with the Union for Bavarian Railway Workshops and Operational Workers, and some other small unions representing railway workers in southern Germany. The union affiliated to the General Commission of German Trade Unions, and it grew rapidly, its membership being 345,000 by 1919. In 1919, the union was a founding affiliate of the General German Trade Union Federation. By 1925, membership had fallen to 197,000. That year, the union merged with the small National Union of German Railway Officials and Trainees, to form the United Union of German Railway Workers.

Presidents

:1916: Louis Brunner :1921: Franz Scheffel

References

{{Authority control Railway labor unions Trade unions established in 1916 Trade unions disestablished in 1925 Trade unions in Germany