Roger Bolton
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Roger William Bolton (b. 7 September 1947, Dublin, Ireland – d. 18 November 2006, Woking, Surrey) was a British trade unionist.
Roger Bolton left Dublin with his family in 1958 when they moved to London. He began his career as a photographic technician at Boots the Chemist before moving to the BBC and became a prominent member of the BBC trade union, the Association of Broadcasting Staff (ABS).
In 1979, he began working for the ABS, and remained a union employee though a series of mergers in which it became the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance and finally 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.
Roger Bolton died from cancer, aged 59, in 2006.
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| Preceded by Tony Hearn |
General Secretary of BECTU 1993 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Gerry Morrissey |
