The chair, vice-chairs, women’s representative, young workers’ representative of the road transport 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 steering committee of the section.
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, jointly set-up with the ITF railway workers’ section, also participates in meetings of the committee.
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Section Officers |
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Chair |
Flemming Overgaard (3F, Denmark) |
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1st Vice Chair (Passenger) |
Anita Rosentreter (First Union, New Zealand) |
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2nd Vice Chair (Freight) |
Paulo João Estausia (CNTTL, Brazil) |
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3rd Vice Chair (UTC) |
Vacant |
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Women Transport Workers’ Representative |
Vivian Acosta (SNTT, Colombia) |
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Young Transport Workers’ Representative |
Murad Breik (GUTW Palestine) |
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Africa |
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Chair |
Fuseini Iddrisu (GTPCWU, Ghana) |
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Vice Chair |
Gora Khouma (URS, Senegal) |
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Vice Chair |
Shanitah Birungi (AGTWU, Uganda) |
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Arab World |
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Chair |
Amine Affane (FNCGP, Algeria) |
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Vice Chair |
Kais Mlouah (FNT, Tunisia) |
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Asia/Pacific |
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Chair |
Michael Kaine (TWU, Australia) |
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Vice Chair |
Ajay Kumar Rai (Netwon, Nepal) |
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Vice Chair |
K.Natarajan (GTCEPUF, India) |
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Vice Chair |
Shoshin Yonaga (Unyo-Roren, Japan) |
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Women Transport Workers’ Representative |
Sheela Naikwade (MSTKS, India) |
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Young Transport Workers’ Representative |
Vacant |
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Europe (ETF Road Transport Section) |
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Chair |
Roberto Parrillo (ACV-Transcom, Belgium) |
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Vice Chair |
Tom Peeters (BTB-ABVV, Belgium) |
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Vice Chair |
Elisa Gigliarelli (FILT-CGIL,Italy) |
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Women Transport Workers’ Representative |
Liesbet Verboven (ACV-CSC Transcom, Belgium) |
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Young Transport Workers’ Representative |
Lyubomir Drenski (FTTUB, Belgium) |
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Latin America/Caribbean |
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Chair |
Pablo Hugo Moyano (FNTCOTAC, Argentina) |
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Vice Chair |
Vacant |
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Vice Chair |
Lourival Vieira (CNTTT, Brazil) |
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Vice Chair |
Vacant |
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North America |
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USA Chair |
John Samuelsen (TWU, USA) |
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USA Vice Chair |
Vacant |
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USA Vice Chair |
John A. Costa (ATU, USA) |
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Canada Chair |
Len Poirier (Unifor, Canada) |
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Canada Vice Chair |
François Laporte (Teamsters Canada) |
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Canada Vice Chair |
Jean-Philippe Grenier (CUPW Canada) |
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Sub-Committees |
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Chair of the Economic Employers Sub-Committee |
Michael Kaine (TWU, Australia) |
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Co-Opted Members |
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Chair of Warehouse Terminal & Logistics Workers’ Steering Group |
Peter Lövkvist (STF, Sweden) |
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Vice Chair of Warehouse Terminal & Logistics Workers’ Steering Group |
Matt Draper (UNITE, Great Britain) |
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Retail Supply Chain Project |
Edwin Atema (FNV, Netherlands) |
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ETF President |
Frank Moreels (Belgische TransportBond, Belgium) |