Labour Research December 2006

Union news

Roger Bolton

Roger Bolton, general secretary of broadcasting workers' union BECTU, has died at the age of 59 after a long battle with cancer. Roger was first elected general secretary of BECTU in November 1993, a position he held until his death. He had worked for BECTU and it predecessors - ABS and BETA - since 1979, prior to that he worked for the BBC as a photographic technician.