Royston Rickhuss (born August 1960) is a

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leader. Born in

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, Wolverhampton, Rickhuss attended Coppice High School. In 1979, Rickhuss began working in the Monmore Tubes rolling mill, and joined the

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(ISTC).

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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

, and he became the new union's National Officer. In 2013, Rickhuss was elected as the general secretary of Community. He also serves on the

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, and the executives of the General Federation of Trade Unions and the

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. He was appointed a

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(CBE) in the

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, for services to the steel industry.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rickhuss, Roy Living people 1960 births British trade union leaders Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress People from Wednesbury Commanders of the Order of the British Empire