The railway workers’ section represents 1.3 million workers in 177 unions around the world. The chair, three vice chairs, women's representative and young workers' representative of the railway workers’ section are elected at the section conference, held in conjunction with the ITF congress.
These members, along with the regional chairs and vice chairs, form the section steering committee. Section working groups also delegate their representatives to the steering committee.
The chair (or in his/her absence, one of the vice chairs) of the ITF urban transport committee also participates in committee meetings. The urban transport committee was jointly set up with the ITF road transport workers’ section.
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Section Officers |
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Chair |
David Gobé (CGT Cheminots, France) |
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1st Vice Chair |
Julio Adolfo Sosa (La Fraternidad, Argentina) |
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2nd Vice Chair |
C A Rajasridhar (AIRF, India) |
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3rd Vice Chair |
Raul Sengo (SINPOCAF, Mozambique) |
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Women Transport Workers’ Representative |
Simi Lalsingh (NFIR, India) |
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Young Transport Workers’ Representative |
Preeti Singh (AIRF, India) |
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Africa |
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Chair |
Innocent Luka Ajiji (NUR, Nigeria) |
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Vice Chair |
Vacant |
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Vice Chair |
Mahamame Thienta (SYTRAIL, Mali) |
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Arab World |
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Chair |
Ahmad Rachid Alsenouni, UMT, Morocco |
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Vice Chair |
Vacant |
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Asia-Pacific |
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Chair |
Alex Claassens (RBTU, Australia) |
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Vice Chair |
Pinyo Rueanpetch (SRUT, Thailand) |
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Vice Chair |
Todd Valster (RMTU, New Zealand) |
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Vice Chair |
Hideki Fukuda (PRU Federation, Japan) |
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Women Transport Workers’ Representative |
Jaya Agarwal (AIRF, India) |
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Young Transport Workers’ Representative |
Banpot Sungkasuk (SRUT, Thailand) |
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Europe |
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Chair |
Giorgio Tuti (SEV, Switzerland) |
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Vice Chair |
Helena Svobodová (Odborové Sdruzeni Zeleznicáru, Czech Republic) |
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Vice Chair |
Audun Sør-Reime (NJF, Norway) |
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Ordinary Member |
Gerhard Tauchner (Vida, Austria) |
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Ordinary Member |
Christian Tschigg (FIT-CISL, Italy) |
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Women Transport Workers’ Representative |
Jolanta Skalska (EVG, Germany) |
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Young Transport Workers’ Representative |
Eda Forner (FILT-CGIL, Italy) |
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Latin America |
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Chair |
Julian Ariel Sosa Cappello (La Fraternidad, Argentina) |
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Vice Chair |
Janaina Nascimento Freire Fernandes (FNTF, Brazil) |
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Vice Chair |
João Edacir Calegari Morais (FNTF, Brazil) |
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Vice Chair |
Jose Gregorio Rosal Merlo (FBTTT, Venezuela) |
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North America |
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Co-Chair |
Joel Kennedy (Unifor, Canada) |
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Co-Chair |
Arthur P Maratea (TCU, USA) |
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Sub-Committees |
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Chair of the Railway Workers' Global Task Force |
Luciano Salomon (ASFA, Argentina) |