Railways Section Committee
The section elects its Chair, three Vice-Chairs, Women's Representative and Young Workers' Representative at the section conference held in conjunction with the ITF Congress. These position-holders, together with the Regional Chairs and Vice-Chairs form the steering committee of the section. Working groups set up by the section also delegate their representatives to the steering committee.
Section Chair
Øystein Aslaksen (Norsk Lokomotivmannsforbund, Norway)
Section Vice-Chair
Julio Sosa (La Fraternidad, Argentina)
Section Vice-Chair
CA Rajasridhar (AIRF, India)
Section Vice-Chair
Serge Piteljon (CGSP Cheminots, Belgium)
Women's Representative
Jane Barrett (SATAWU, South Africa)
Young Workers' Representative
Veronika Szilagyi (VDSzSz, Hungary)
Africa
Chair
Gideon Shoko (ZARWU, Zimbabwe)
Vice-Chairs
Samuel Wuma (RWU, Uganda)
Patricia Joy Petersen (SATAWU, South Africa)
Ibrahima Boli (SLCB, Burkina Faso)
Asia Pacific
Chair
Wayne Butson (Rail & Maritime Transport Union Inc, New Zealand)
Vice-Chairs
Pinyo Ruenpetch (State Railway Workers' Union of Thailand)
CA Rajasridhar (AIRF, India)
Sh. Buyanaa (Mongolian Railway Workers' Union, Mongolia)
Women's Representative
Jaya Agarwal (AIRF, India)
Europe
Chair
Guy Greivelding (FNCTTFEL, Luxembourg)
Vice-Chairs
Antonio Gamez (FSC-CC.OO, Spain)
Gyorgy Balla (VDSzSz, Hungary)
Women's Representative
Maria Cristina Marzola (FILT-CGIL, Italy)
North America
Co-Chair
Robert Chernecki (National Automobile, Aerospace Transportation and General Workers' Union of Canada (CAW-Canada), Canada)
Co-Chair
Joseph Condo (Transportation-Communications International Union, TCU, USA)
Latin America
Chair
Julio Sosa (La Fraternidad, Argentina)
Vice-Chairs
Hélio de Souza Regato de Andrade (Confederaçao Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Transportes Terrestres - CNTTT, Brazil)
Francisco Torrealba (Federacion de Trabajadores Ferroviarios de Venezuela (FENTRAFEVE))
Karina Benemerito (Union Ferroviaria, Argentina)
Arab World
TBC
Chair of the Eurotunnel Consultative Committee
Representative of the ITF Urban Transport Committee
The Section Steering Committee also includes Chair(s) of Working Group(s) established by the Section.
7 August 2010