The Railway Workers' Union ( fi, Rautatieläisten Liitto, RAUTL) 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 workers in the railway industry 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 in 1930, following the banning of its immediate forerunner. It affiliated to the

Finnish Federation of Trade Unions The Finnish Federation of Trade Unions ( fi, Suomen Ammattiyhdistysten Keskusliitto, SAK) was a national trade union centre in Finland. The federation was established in 1930, after the Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ) was banned. Its initial ...

(SAK), and by 1955, it had 12,063 members. In 1969, the SAK merged into 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 Railway Workers affiliated to the Joint Organisation of State Employees (VTY), which in turn affiliated to the new federation. This arrangement survived until 1996, when the Railway Workers left the VTY, and affiliated directly to the federation. By 1998, the union had 17,330 members. At the start of 2012, it merged into the Public and Welfare Services Union (JHL). The JHL created a Railway Professionals section, bringing together former RAUTL members with those working on tramways.{{cite web , title=JHL lukuina , url=https://www.jhl.fi/jhl/organisaatio/jhl-lukuina/ , website=JHL , accessdate=11 March 2020

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JHL Railway Professionals Section
Railway labor unions Trade unions in Finland Trade unions established in 1930 Trade unions disestablished in 2011