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Roger William Bolton (7 September 1947, Dublin, Ireland – 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. He was replaced by Gerry Morrissey.

References

1. ^ Morrissey, Gerry (8 December 2006). "Roger Bolton". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
2. "Roger Bolton". The Independent. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
3. Berry, Mike (6 February 2007). "Gerry Morrissey takes helm at Bectu after death of union boss Roger Bolton". Personnel Today. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

Sources

• BECTU News - General Secretary dies at 59

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