Roy Jackson (trade unionist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British trade unionist
Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1928
Place of Birth: Paddington, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 11-Dec-2010
Profession: trade unionist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Roy Jackson (trade unionist)
- Roy Jackson (18 June 1928 – 11 December 2010) was a British trade unionist, who served as Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Born in Paddington in London, Jackson was educated at North Paddington Central School.
- He left to work for the Post Office Savings Bank, followed by a period of National Service with the Royal Navy.
- When released from the Navy, he won a trade union scholarship to Ruskin College, where he studied alongside Norman Willis.
- He then moved on to Worcester College, Oxford where he completed a degree in philosophy, politics and economics.Jackson next found work in the education department of the Trades Union Congress, and in 1964 became its Director of Studies.
- He wrote a report, "Training Shop Stewards", which became the official TUC line on the shop stewards' movement, and led to new approaches to training trade unionists.
- He became head of the TUC's Education Department in 1974, and in 1984 was a co-founder of the TUC National College, in Hornsey.In 1984, Jackson was appointed as an assistant general secretary of the TUC, serving under Willis.
- He was involved in negotiations on issues ranging from the UK miners' strike to the expulsion of the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union from the TUC, and also organised a completed refurbishment of Congress House.Jackson served on numerous other bodies, including the Manpower Services Commission, Open University Committee on Continuing Education and Schools Council Convocation.
- He retired from his trade union posts in 1992, following which he served on the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the board of directors of Remploy.
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