The autonomous Train Drivers‘ Unions of Europe (Autonome Lokomotivführer-Gewerkschaften Europas - ALE) is  a confederation of 16 European train drivers‘ unions. ALE’s constituent member unions are responsible for organising some 108,000 train drivers. ALE is a professional organisation, which represents their social and economical interests throughout European railways.

Executive Officers of the Board of Management
Since May 2010 the Board of Management consists of the following executive officers:
President ALE: Juan Jesús Garcia Fraile (SEMAF Spain)
Vice-president ALE: Leszek Mietek (ZZM Poland)
Vice-president ALE: Claus Weselsky (GDL Germany)

Board of Management
The Board of Management of ALE is composed of

• the executive officers,
• the other Presidents of all constituent member unions of ALE that are not already represented among the executive officers, and the
• treasurer.

ALE Congress
The chief organ of ALE is the ALE Congress which is generally held every four years.
The ALE Congress elects the Executive Officers of the Board of Management and passes resolutions on main political aims for the period until the next ALE Congress.

Central Office and language
ALE’s Central Office is located at the offices of whichever individual union currently provides its President. The Central Office is momentarily located in Madrid (E). The chosen language, in which communication takes place is determined by usefulness and requires a majority decision of the Board of Management. Momentarily the language used within ALE is German.

Membership
All autonomous and democratically organised European trades unions and professional organisations whose task it is to represent individual or specific professions of railway cabin staff are eligible to become members of ALE.

Pay bargaining
As an umbrella Organisation, ALE has no negotiation rights on salaries and wages. Individual ALE members, on the other hand, do have such rights at national levels.