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, Hankoniemi, Helsinki, Toijala, Turku and Vyborg. The union 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) in 1943, and after the war also became a founding constituent of the Federation of Civil Servants (VY). It resigned from the SAK in 1960, disillusioned by its communist leadership. In 1969, the VY was reformed as the

Joint Organisation of State Employees The Joint Organisation of State Employees ( fi, Valtion yhteisjärjestö, VTY) was a trade union federation bringing together public sector workers in Finland. The federation was established in 1921 and became known as the Federation of Civil Ser ...

(VTY), and through it, the VML joined the SAK's successor, the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. The VTY declined in size as the Finnish government put through a programme of privatisation, and in 1995, the VML resigned from it, disillusioned by its reduced influence. The VML instead affiliated directly to the SAK. In 2018, the VML merged with the Railway Officers' Union, to form the

Railway Union The Railway Union ( fi, Rautatiealan Unioni, RAU) is a trade union representing drivers, traffic controllers and office staff on the railways in Finland. The union was founded on 16 November 2018, when the Union of Locomotive Drivers merged with ...

Presidents

:1920: Heikki A. Pyhäluoto :1943: Kauko A. Lehtonen :1951: Gösta Widing :1965: Pekka Oivio :1974: Lasse Syrjänen :1984: Heikki Nurmi :1993: Markku Hannola :2001: Risto Elonen :2017: Tero Palomäki

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{{Authority control Railway labor unions Trade unions established in 1897 Trade unions disestablished in 2018 Trade unions in Finland