The Railway Union ( fi, Rautatiealan Unioni, RAU) is 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 drivers, traffic controllers and office staff on the railways in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. The union was founded on 16 November 2018, when the

Union of Locomotive Drivers The Union of Locomotive Drivers ( fi, Veturimiesten liitto, VML) was a trade union representing train drivers in Finland. The union was founded in 1897 as the Finnish Drivers' and Stokers' Union, by drivers based in Lahti, Riihimäki, Hyvinkää, ...

merged with the Railway Officers' Union. Like its predecessors, the union affiliated to the

Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, usually referred to by the acronym SAK ( fi, Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö; sv, Finlands Fackförbunds Centralorganisation, FFC) is the largest trade union confederation in Finland. Its ...

. The union has about 4,000 members, but about 50% are retired. The union's president is Tero Palomäki.

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