The Railway Employes' Department (RED) was a semi-autonomous department of the AFL–CIO.
The department was founded in 1908, as the Railroad Employes' Department, and was chartered by the American Federation of Labor in February 1909. In 1915, it became the "Railway Employes' Department", and it continued to use the old spelling of employees throughout its existence. [1] By 1925, the department had nine affiliates: [2]
In 1926, the Railway Labor Executives' Association was founded, a broader organization within which the president of the RED had a single vote. [3]
In 1955, the department became part of the new AFL-CIO. [4] It was dissolved in 1980. In 1990, a new Transportation Trades Department was founded. [5]
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