History

Timeline
1886 Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS) formed.
1894 Railway Officers Institute (ROI) formed.
1908 Engine-drivers, Firemen and Cleaners Association (EFCA) formed.
1916 Railway Tradesmen’s Association (RTA) formed.
1936 New Zealand Harbour Board Employees Union formed.
1972 ASRS renamed the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR).
1977 EFCA renamed the Locomotive Engineers Association (LEA).
1982 The Railways Department became the NZ Railways Corporation.
1990 The LEA, ROI and RTA amalgamated to form the Combined Union of
Railway Employees (CURE).
1993 Railways privatised and renamed Tranz Rail in 1995.
1995 The Harbour Workers Union, CURE and NUR amalgamated to form the
Rail and Maritime Transport Union.
2003 Tranz Rail bought by Toll Holdings.
2004 The Labour-led government repurchased the rail infrastructure and
vested it in a new state-owned enterprise Ontrack.
2008 The Labour-led government renationalised railways and renamed the
company KiwiRail.

Your Life for the Job by Hazel Armstrong