Railroad Workers United (RWU) - which grew out of the group Railroad Operating Crafts United (ROCU) is a cross-union rail workers’ reform group[1] that was started as a result of a push by workers from the United Transportation Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen to merge unions. They are now a cross-craft organization that supports all non-management railroad workers. RWU has a steering committee - currently (2024) of 11 Members and 5 Alternates, all of whom are working railroaders from various crafts and rail unions. Members are elected at their bi-annual convention, usually held in the spring of even numbered years, generally in Chicago, a major railroad center.
The organization's membership is open to any railroad worker, working in the United States of America, Mexico, or Canada and who are not supervisory personnel or managers.[2]
The official RWU slogan is "Solidarity - Unity - Democracy." The organization engages in a variety of Campaigns that are popular with rail workers, and has adopted numerous Resolutions on various questions of concern to railroaders.
There are different railroad workers unions in North America. Some unions are separated based on their craft of work. Railroad workers in North America are not required to be unionized. Thirteen unions are in the United States of America.[3]
^"Members Write Their Own Plan for Rail Unity: UTU-BLET Merger Proposed". Labor Notes. January 27, 2007.
^"Who We Are". Railroad Workers United. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
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