Roger Bolton (trade unionist)
Roger William Bolton (7 September 1947,
trade unionist
.
Roger Bolton left Dublin with his family in 1958 when they moved to London. He began his career as a
Association of Broadcasting Staff (ABS).[1]
In 1979, he began working for the ABS, and remained a union employee though a series of mergers in which it became the
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union
(BECTU).
Bolton rose to prominence during a successful pay dispute with the BBC in 1989, and was elected General Secretary of BECTU in 1993.
He married Elaine Lewis in 1974 and they had one child, a daughter.[2]
Roger Bolton died from cancer, aged 59, in 2006.[1] He was replaced by Gerry Morrissey.[3]
References
- ^ ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Roger Bolton". The Independent. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Berry, Mike (6 February 2007). "Gerry Morrissey takes helm at Bectu after death of union boss Roger Bolton". Personnel Today. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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