Roger Lyons

Roger Lyons (born 1942-09-14) was the General Secretary of the MSF trade union from 1992 until that union's merger with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form Amicus in 2001. He subsequently became one of the Joint General Secretaries of Amicus.

Related Topics:
1942-09-14 - General Secretary - MSF - Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union - Amicus - 2001

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Lyons studied for a degree in Economics at University College London. His union career began in 1966 as a full time union official for the North West England region of ASSET, one of the unions which later became ASTMS. In 1970 he became a National Officer of ASTMS and in 1987 Assistant General Secretary. In 1988, ASTMS merged with TASS to form MSF.

Related Topics:
University College London - 1966 - North West England - ASSET - ASTMS - 1970 - 1987 - 1988 - TASS

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In 1992 Lyons became General Secretary of MSF. He was re-elected to that position in 1997 after a closely-fought campaign.

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1992 - 1997

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Under the agreement to form Amicus, Lyons became Joint General Secretary of Amicus's MSF section. Amicus's other Joint General Secretary was Derek Simpson, who was responsible for the AEEU section. Lyons planned to remain as JGS of the MSF section until January 2005, which would result in his being a General Secretary for seven years without re-election, as opposed to the normal legally-mandated limit of five years. He and his supporters maintained that the ongoing merger meant that the requirement for an election was waived, but a legal challenge resulted in a ruling in May 2004 that he should step down. Derek Simpson therefore became the sole General Secretary of Amicus several months earlier than anticipated.

Related Topics:
Derek Simpson - January 2005 - May 2004

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Roger Lyons was President of the Trades Union Congress for the period September 2003 to September 2004, after which he retired.

Related Topics:
Trades Union Congress - September 2003 - September 2004

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Roger Lyons is a long-standing member of the Trade Union Friends of Israel. He addressed a TUFI fringe meeting at the 2005 Congress of the Trades Union Congress.

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