Great Railroad Strike of 1922

Date: July 1, 1922 • Location: Washington, United States

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1922–1922.

Seven of the sixteen American railroad labor organizations staged a nationwide strike (striking workers pictured) that lasted two months.

The following is a list of unions and brotherhoods playing a significant role in the railroad industry of the United States of America. Many of these entities changed names and merged over the years; this list is based upon the names current during the height of American railway unionism in the first decades of the 20th century.