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 |
Luciano Salomon (ASFA, Argentina) |
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Africa |
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Chair |
Innocent Luka Ajiji (NUR, Nigeria) |
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Vice Chair |
Kamurai Mayo (ZARWU, Zimbabwe) |
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Vice Chair |
Mahamame Thienta (SYTRAIL, Mali) |
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Arab World |
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Chair |
Ahmed Rachid Sennouni, UMT, Morocco |
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Vice Chair |
Larbi Yacoubi (SNCFT, Tunisia) |
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Asia/Pacific |
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Chair |
Wayne Butson (RMTU, New Zealand) |
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Vice Chair |
Pinyo Rueanpetch (SRUT, Thailand) |
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Vice Chair |
Alex Claassens (RBTU, Australia) |
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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 |
David Gobé (CGT Cheminots, France)* Elected as ETF Ordinary member, but cannot hold two positions at once on the ITF RWSSC in line with the ITF Term Of Reference for the RWSSC. |
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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 (ECG, Germany) |
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Young Transport Workers’ Representative |
Eda Forner (FILT-CGIL, Italy) |
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Latin America/Caribbean |
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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 |
Richard Johnson (TCU, USA) |