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The section elects its Chair, three Vice-Chairs and Women's 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
Didier Le Reste (CGT Cheminots, France)
Women's Representative
Jane Barrett (SATAWU, South Africa)
Africa
Chair
Benson Ngula (Railway Worker's Union, Zambia)
Vice-Chairs
Samuel Kokovena (Railway Workers' Union, Ghana)
Mohammed Haytoum (Union des Syndicats UMT des Transports, Morocco)
Margaret Emali (Railway Workers' Union, Kenya)
Asia Pacific
Chair
TBC (TBC)
Vice-Chairs
Somsak Kosaisook (State Railway Workers' Union of Thailand)
Wayne Butson (Rail & Maritime Transport Union Inc, New Zealand)
Sh. Buyanaa (Mongolian Railway Workers' Union, Mongolia)
Europe
Chair
Norbert Hansen (Transnet, Germany)
Vice-Chairs
Didier Le Reste (CGT Cheminots, France)
Gyorgy Balla (Vasuti Dolgozók Szabad Szakszervezete, VDSzSz, Hungary)
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 (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la C.A. Metro de Caracas (SITRAMECA), Venezuela)
Edna Bezerra (Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Empresas Ferroviárias de Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
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.
9 August 2006
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