Organisation
The Federation of European Train Drivers’ Unions (ALE) is an organisation of 13 European train drivers’ unions that bring together and represent more than 45,000 train drivers across Europe.
ALE is a professional trade union organisation representing their social and economic interests throughout the European railway system.
Executive Presidency
Since the last Congress in 2026 the Executive Presidency is formed by:
Diego Martín Fernández
President
Secretary General SEMAF
Daniel Biernacik
Vicepresident
Vicepresident ZZM
Vincenzo Multari
Vicepresident
Secretario Nazionale FAST-CONFSAL
David Votroubek
Treasurer
FSCR / Federace strojvudcu Ceske republiky
Executive Team
Since the last Congress in 2026 the Executive Team is formed by:
Alejandro Martínez Treceño
Secretary General
Institutional Affairs SEMAF
Valeria Mascoli
Secretary
Institutional Affairs FAST-CONFSAL
Paolo Lauzzana
Technical Coordinator
European Affairs SEMAF
Emily Semmens
Technical Advisor
Representative SEMAF
Honorary Executive Presidency
Since the last Congress in 2026 the Honorary Executive Presidency is formed by:
Juan Jesús García Fraile
SEMAF
Leszek Miętek
President ZZM
Pietro Serbassi
Secretary General FAST-CONFSAL
About us
Management Board
• The Executive Presidency
• The General Secretariat
• President/ General Secretary of the member unions which are not already represented among the Executive Presidency
• The Treasurer
ALE Congress
Congress is the governing body of ALE and shall ordinary meet once every four years. The ALE Congress shall elect the Executive Officers of the Management Board and adopt resolutions on the main political aims for the whole mandate.
Membership
All autonomous and democratically organised European trade unions and professional organisations, whose main task is to represent individual or specific professions of railway cabin staff, are eligible to become members of ALE.
Headquarters and language
Located in Brussels, the chosen language for internal and external communications is English.
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