Roy Rickhuss

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Royston Rickhuss CBE (born August 1960) [1] [2] is a British trade union leader.

Born in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, Rickhuss attended Coppice High School. [3] In 1979, Rickhuss began working in the Monmore Tubes rolling mill, and joined the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC). [4]

Rickhuss soon became the health and safety officer for his union branch. In 1993, he began working full-time for the union, serving as a regional officer for South Wales and the South West of England and later, for the Midlands and North West. In 2004, he was appointed as the union's Assistant General Secretary, but later that year it merged into Community, and he became the new union's National Officer. [4]

In 2013, Rickhuss was elected as the general secretary of Community. He also serves on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, and the executives of the General Federation of Trade Unions and the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. [5]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, [6] for services to the steel industry. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Royston RICKHUSS - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". CompaniesHouse.gov.uk.
  2. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  3. ↑ "UK steel crisis: Government must step up, union boss tells Wednesfield workers, Express and Star , 2 May 2016
  4. 1 2 Community, "Our leaders - Roy Rickhuss"
  5. ↑ Trades Union Congress, "TUC General Council members"
  6. ↑ "Hertfordshire recipients of New Year Honours are named". BOB fm. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "No. 62507". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2018. p. N9.
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Preceded by
Eddie Lynch
 Assistant General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation
2004		Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by General Secretary of Community
2013 – present		Succeeded by
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Preceded by President of the General Federation of Trade Unions
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