It was founded in 1906 as a merger of fifteen smaller unions, as a result of the inability of the previous unions to control the radical elements of the workers movement in the railworkers' strike of 1903.
It was founded in 1906 as a merger of fifteen smaller unions. This was as a result of the inability of the previous unions. This was to control the radical elements of the workers movement in the railworkers' strike of 1903.