railway unions
Train workers' collectives
Railway unions are labor organizations representing workers in the railroad industry—engineers, conductors, maintenance crews, and other rail employees.
These unions negotiate wages, safety standards, and working conditions with railroad companies.
Railway unions have historically been among the most powerful in the labor movement, with the ability to disrupt freight and passenger service through strikes: The railway unions threatened to walk out over scheduling rules.
- conductorsThose who direct ensembles
- shop stewardElected worker liaison
- wildcat strikeUnauthorized work stoppage
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- work stoppageOrganized cessation of labor
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Track-owning transport firms
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Worker organizations at carriers